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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Jews persecuting Christians ... ... The stratigraphic context suggests that a heap of bones was thrown into the cistern sometime before the Ottoman period.5 Although no further ... For if you [Gentile Christians] were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated ... of God are irrevocable." (Romans 11:17-29) III. Justin Martyr documented Jews corrupting the Septuagint: 150 AD 1. Justin Martyr took specific note that the Jews of his day (150 AD) were changing the text of their own Tanakh (Old Testament) to counter the connection with Jesus Christ ... did the Holy Spirit allude when He said: "Behold, the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son"? ... semantics of the Hebrew word in question, as is the case for the divine epithet κύριος; or in the sense, already enunciated in the ... Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70A-Justin-Martyr-patristic-apostolic-church-father-150ad.htm

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The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) Bible manuscript: Oldest and only ... ... Unfortunately, modern scholarship has been unable to substantiate this claim of the scroll's ancientness. Although the scroll gives ... Surely, he would give a copy very willingly to anyone wanting to follow God and give up idolatry. At the time of Josiah there was ... Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was ... One who would proclaim truth: "The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us." Jesus said to her, "I who ... Samaritans, there are three great eras of history, the present era of divine disfavor sandwiched between two periods of divine favor. ... Bible, Volume 5, Page 81, 2009 AD) c. "A useful guide to the nature of Samaritan eschatology is the subtitle of Gaster's ... He was probably a contemporary of Jesus, or perhaps a little later. In those days of great religious excitement he presented himself ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Samaritan-Pentateuch-SP-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Paleo-Hebrew-1362AD.htm

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Introduction to the history of psychiatry ... These were cared for by a close relative, but never strangers or medical doctors. There are always reasons for human behaviour only God reads the hearts and only Christ ... It put all forms of unreason, which in the Middle Ages had been part of a divine world and in the Renaissance a secularizing world, the ... Marxist-Leninist, Michel Foucault's view that as leper houses emptied out because of cures, the empty buildings began to house the insane, ... 1965 AD, p5,7) "Although the historical record is clear, Michel Foucault constructed a history of psychiatry that has confused the matter. ... Szasz, 2007 AD, p 62) The divorce of King Henry the 8th got himself labeled a heretic for divorcing and remarrying contrary to the Bible. ... members of each local church were commanded by the ministers to support the poor with gifts of alms based upon the Gospel of Jesus. ... for licensing or registration, partly because of the ephemeral nature of many of these establishments, and most importantly because one ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-introduction.htm

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Comparison list of 75 Joseph/Christ Shadows, Types, Antitypes ... ... namely, the sacred computation of seventy, which Egypt, the nature which hates virtue, and loves to indulge the passions, is ... tunic." (Genesis 37:3) c. "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to ... sent Me." (John 8:42) 12. Lived with father before sent on divine mission: a. "Then he said to him, “Go now and see about the ... ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”" (Matthew 27:43) 16. Suffered bitterly at hands of brethren; Psalm 105:17-18; crucifixion a. "He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons;" (Psalm 105:17–18) b. "fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set ... give His life a ransom for many.”" (Matthew 20:28) c. "but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made ... by his own: a. "But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him." (Genesis 42:8) b. "He came to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-Joseph-types-Christ-Shadows-Antitypes-similarities-comparisons-2166-1876BC.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Philo of Alexandria: 38 AD ... Jews, for they were not inclined to remain quiet under everything, although naturally entirely disposed towards peace, not only because contests ... they bring forward as proofs of the love of mankind, goodwill, equality beyond all power of description, and fellowship, about which it is ... First missionary journey: "They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When ... who had believed through grace, for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ." (Acts 18:24-28) iii. ... are increased and brought to perfection. (26) Therefore they always retain an imperishable recollection of God, so that not even in their dreams is any other object ever presented to their eyes except the beauty of the divine virtues and of the divine powers. ... upon their literal expressions as symbols of some secret meaning of nature, intended to be conveyed in those figurative expressions" (Philo, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Philo-of-Alexandria-Judaeus-50ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gamla 76 BC ... wicked and perfidious person; but then if anyone cast out of his body this divine depositum, can we imagine that he who is there affronted does not know of it. ... life, according to the law of nature, and pay that debt which was received from God, when he that lent it us is pleased to require it back, enjoy eternal fame? ... as kill themselves should be exposed till the sun be set, without burial, although at the same time it be allowed by them to be lawful to bury our enemies ... extreme distress, he was not destitute of his usual sagacity; but trusting himself to the providence of God, he put his life into hazard [in the manner following]: (388) "And now," said ... Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by the Septuagint Jesus the Messiah of the Tanakh: 1. First Century Jewish Messianic ... The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gamla-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-ark-scrolls-niche-mikveh-heart-columns-bema-Judas-jewish-war-ballista-coin-76bc.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Titus Flavius Josephus (Joseph ... second only to the New Testament: 1. Josephus mentions 18 cities that had fully functioning synagogues before the birth of Christ Jesus. a. ... and standardized by legal decrees no later then 50 years before Jesus was born and 120 years before 70 AD when the temple of Jerusalem was ... was this: (257) Since we have ever a great regard to piety towards God, and to holiness; and since we aim to follow the people of the ... of the earth according to their ancient custom; and that he had himself been the promulger of your decree, according as your laws require; ... Now although the Trallians there present contradicted them, and were not pleased with these decrees, yet didst thou give order that they ... was in the nature of a citadel to the city; and above that was a precipice, not walled about, but extending itself to an immense depth. ... and recollecting his courage, as if he had been excited by a divine fury, he covered himself and those that were with him with their ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Joseph-ben-Matthias-Titus-Flavius-Josephus-70ad.htm

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Grant, Robert M.: Gods and the One God The Son is always subordinate to the Father, who is the one God of the Old Testament. . . . What we find in these early authors, then, is not a doctrine of the Trinity . . . Before Nicaea, Christian theology was almost universally subordinationist." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, as quoted by Anti-Trinitarians) In any event, the passage [Phil 2:6-8] makes it plain that before Christ Jesus emptied himself he was not human but divine." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, p105) But Justin describes this Logos as a second God, one who proceeded from the Father before ... Anti-Trinitarians create a false dilemma in the mind of the reader by projecting the false illusion that if Jesus is subordinate to the Father, that he cannot be God! A wife is subordinate to her husband, but is equal in nature. Her rank is lower, but she is made of the identical stuff as the man! Full Text: "An anonymous author of the late second century discusses some of the apologists among those who held ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Grant.htm

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Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Church and Christians: 1 Tim ... ... For the Torah is the blueprint of creation, and the guidebook of how we connect to the divine. And it is not a book that has a beginning, ... Their exact nature is uncertain, due to uncertainties about the meaning of the terms and the various formulations found in the Bible and ... There are hints later in Kings that on taking the throne a king stood by one of these pillars to pledge himself to keep God's covenant laws ... The names Boaz and Jachin were engraved into the columns: Although scripture is silent on the matter, the two names were obviously carved in ... Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:" (Revelation 2:18) g. ... Name, the name of the New Heavenly Jerusalem and the New name of Jesus: "'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My ... Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Columns-Pillars-Freestanding-Antitype-Christians-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-incorporated-spiritualized-similarities-church.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 Trinity Proof Texts Click to View John 10:25-39 If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear witness of Me. "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, ... Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp. The argument stated: This section is a clear and precise statement of Jesus Christ's divine nature and equality with God in both purpose and being. The text cannot support the Modalist view that Jesus and the Father are the same person because the oneness of the Trinity referenced in ... JW's therefore, have no logical way of refuting this. Further, JW's would lead us to believe that for saying, "I and the Father are one", the Jews wanted to stone Jesus, but if Jesus called himself, "mighty God" the Jews would not stone him! Such illogic is typical of Jehovah's Witnesses. So, why would the Jews ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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Official creed of the Orthodox church ... Orthodox Christians believe the biblical promise that the Holy Spirit is given through chrismation (anointing) at baptism (Acts 2:38). We are to grow in our experience of the Holy Spirit for the rest of our lives. INCARNATION INCARNATION refers to Jesus Christ coming "in the flesh". The eternal Son of God the Father assumed to Himself a complete human nature from the Virgin Mary. He was (and is) one divine Person, fully possessing from God the Father the entirety of the divine nature, and in His coming in the flesh fully possessing a human nature from the Virgin Mary. ... Paul writes, "Do you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body..." (I Corinthians 6:19, 20). deviant sex deviant sex: Although there is much more open discussion about deviant sex in the twentieth century than in previous times, there is sufficient reference to it in ancient ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm

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Anti-Trinity Proof Texts Refuted: Galatians 4:14 4:13-14 "you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time; 14 and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself." ... Even if Gal 4:14 directly called Jesus an angel, WHICH IT DOES NOT, it wouldn't help prove Jesus is a created angel anyway! Humans are also called DIVINE MESSENGERS (angels) throughout the Bible and they are not ANGELS are they! We cannot ... about it, being sent, does not make one an angel in the ontological sense! (Men were also sent of God) "Gal 4:14 as proof text for the angelic nature of Christ is exceedingly weak and has absolutely no merit that I can see whatsoever. ... ... good and evil." ... "But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth."(Although God is not mentioned in the text, he certainly is wise and knows good from evil.) Here the quality of taking life is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-galatians4-14.htm

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Biblical Subordination of God the Son, to God the Father Philippians 2:5-6 "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped" 3: Jn 14:28 The subordination of Christ to the Father during his earth life: (birth to cross) John 14:28 ""You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I." Philippians 2:5-8 "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Mark 14:36 "And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for Thee; remove this cup from Me; yet ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-christ.htm

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McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible "Jn 1:1 should rigorously be translated . . . 'the word was a divine being.'" "Dictionary of the Bible", by John L. McKenzie, 1965, p. 317, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What they left out to deceive you: In the words of Jesus and in much of the rest of the NT the God of Israel (Gk. ho theos) is the Father* of Jesus Christ. It is for this reason that the title ho theos, which now designates the Father as a personal reality, is not applied in the NT to Jesus Himself; Jesus is the Son of God (of ho theos). This is a matter of usage and not of ... "The trinity of God is defined by the church as the belief that in God are three persons who subsist in one nature. The belief as so defined was reached only in the 4th and 5th centuries AD and hence ... The pronoun "this" in I Jn 5:20 is easily referred to God, who is implicit in Jn 5:19, although "Jesus Christ" is the nearest noun. It should be understood that this usage of ho theos touches the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McKenzie.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This the Church teaches is the revelation regarding 'God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God came upon earth to deliver to the world: and which she proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system. In Scripture there is as yet no single term by which the Three Divine Persons are denoted ... Yet it seems that the Gospel revelation was needed to render the full meaning of the passages clear. Even these exalted titles did not lead the Jews to recognize that the Saviour to come was to be none other than God Himself. ... Nor indeed can it be said that the ... However, in most cases, the phrase "spirit of God" reflects the OT notion of "the power of God." ... The Spirit of God as a Person. Although the NT concepts of the spirit of God are largely a continuation of those of the OT, in the NT there is a gradual revelation that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Official creed of the Presbyterian Church Chapter I Of the Holy Scripture [6.001] 1. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet [PCUS are they] [UPCUSA they are] not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation; therefore it pleased the Lord, at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that ... All which are given by inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life. [6.003] 3.The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon ... immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his free grace and love alone, without any foresight of ... wherein he freely [PCUS offered] [UPCUSA offereth] unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved, and promising to give ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm

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Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library never believed himself to be God." (Bulletin of The John Rylands Library, Vol 50, (1967-68) p 247-261, "Jesus As 'Theos' In The New Testament", by G. H. Boobyer) Our comment: The Watchtower quotes this same section twice, first in large text as an inset, WITHOUT ANY ELIPSES ("...") to show they deleted some text. The second time, in small text, the Watchtower uses "..." to show they deleted text, but the text they deleted proves the author not only rejected Jesus was God, but also the Christ! ... 2 Peter i. 4, where the readers are told that even they-ordinary Christians would "become partakers of the (or 4 a) divine nature"" Deception Exposed: It is the height of satanic deception for the Jehovah's Witnesses to remove the phrase: "Jesus ... In so speaking, they were not assigning Jesus equality of status with God, and certainly did not intend to say that ontologically he was truly God. They meant that he was God functionally. In terms drawn from I Corinthians viii. 6, just as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Rylands.htm

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Trinity proof texts: 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 ... While Jesus walked the earth, he took off the outward robes of deity and put on the robes of a servant. (Phil 2:6-8 + John 13:3-20) Jesus on earth was still "very God" or the "only true God" but he took on a new role of a servant where all His efforts was to direct people to the Father as God and not to Himself. He humbled ... Our preliminary comments: No verse in the Bible ever outright states that Jesus is not divine or God. John 17:3 does not say that Jesus is not the only true God. ... This passage is not exhaustive in its presentation of who Jesus is and what His nature is. The fact remains that Jehovah's Witness agree that many other passages ... Jehovah's Witnesses argue that although Jesus is not "true God", that Jesus is "true" and "god" even a "true demi-god". This kind of interpretation of scripture is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john17-3.htm

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Definition and Nature of God This proves Jesus is not a creature, for Jehovah's Witnesses have Jesus on both sides being a creature himself, as well as being the creator of man. Rom 1:25 refutes this contradictory false doctrine that Jesus is a creature. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit share the quality of eternal ... God is a Spirit, without flesh and bones: Luke 24:39; John 4:24; Matthew 16:17 God is invisible: Ex 33:20; John 1:18; 1 John 4:12; 1 Tim 6:16; Col 1:15; 1 Tim 1:17; Heb 11:27 God is immutable (unchangeable) in his nature: Mal 3:6; But God can change his mind: Jonah 3:10; Gen 6:6 God is a person: Rom 9:19; Isa 1:18; Rom 11:33-34; Gen 1:27; Ps 18:19; Ps 103:13; ... of grace: Psalm 103:8 IV. Qualities that Jesus Christ possessed before, during and after incarnation: Although Jesus Christ was fully divine before and after the incarnation, it is clear that several qualities He possessed before incarnation, were either given up, in order to become a man, or became dormant and were not used. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god.htm

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Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge ... Salvation no longer means to me deliverance from Hell and admission to Heaven; it means deliverance from Sin. Exemption from penalty without deliverance from sin would not be salvation. If a good man were to go to Hell and retain his goodness he would be saved. If a bad man were to go to Heaven and retain his evil nature, he would be lost. Heaven must be in us - Hell is in some. The gospel is not the good news that guilty men may be saved from punishment, but the good news that guilty men may be made virtuous. In one word, Salvation is character. Justification by faith no longer means to me that Christ has suffered the penalties of my sins and therefore if I accept his sacrifice God will treat me as though I were innocent although I am guilty; it means that Jesus Christ offers himself to me as my divine companion and if I accept his companionship I can be made virtuous although I have been guilty. Atonement no longer means to me that Christ has made a reparation to God for the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm

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Official creed of Reformed Baptist church The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience, although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will which is necessary unto salvation. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterward ... of God, to be the rule of faith and life. (2 Tim. 3:16) 3.The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon or rule of the Scripture, and, therefore, are of no authority to the ... manifestation of his glory, some 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 their just condemnation, to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... His book, Cosmic Consciousness was his personal inventory his 14 guru's who represented this future race: Buddha, Jesus, Paul, Plotinus, Mohammed, Dante, Casas, Yepes, Bacon, Behmen, Blake, Balzac, Walt Whitman, Carpenter. (He obviously viewed himself as the 15th) When his idol, mentor and fellow humanist, Walt Whitman died, he proclaimed, "The Christ is dead!" and dedicated his book to Whitman as possessing "The Most Exalted Moral Nature". He was also communist who looked forward to the classic Marxist "utopia" where religion would vanish when in the future every man will be his own god: "all religions known and named today will be melted down ... Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal". Although the son of a church minister, he had very confused religious views that ... I was wholey carried away by it, far from the dim east and north once more westward to the most divine land of America, fairly wallowing in the glorious sunshine & rich vegetation of the south and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... "Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the [miraculous] promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself [when we apostles lay our hands on you in the future]."" (Acts 2:38-39) The Gift of the ... 28, is called by Peter (Acts xi. 17) 'ten isen dorean', the same gift. Although, as has been said, this is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel, it is also represented as the Holy Spirit himself. ... But a question may here arise concerning what influences, or divine powers, the Holy Spirit displayed on the bodies, souls and spirits of those who received this gift, or in whom he made his abode." ... The nine gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Cor 12:7-14 2. Preachers and theologians have greatly complicated the simple nature of the miraculous function of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 1:1 ... This does incredible damage to the distinction of God, so vividly seen in many passages like the baptism of Jesus. We merely ask Modalists: "Who was Jesus praying to? Himself?" Their answer is, that the human half of Jesus was praying to the divine half. So although we give them a gold star for consistency, do fail to win the prize. Jehovah's Witnesses don't even get a gold star! Arians (JW's) and some well meaning Trinitarians mistakenly translate it "and the word ... Bowman, Robert Bowman, All scholars agree that in John 1:1 "logos" is the subject and "theos" is the predicate. This sets the translation of John 1:1c as, (The Word was God" not "God was the Word". Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John.) ... B. F. Wescott (whose Greek text - not the English part - is used in the Kingdom Interlinear Translation): "The predicate (God) stands emphatically first, as in IV.24. It is necessarily without the article...No idea of inferiority of nature is suggested by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: 58 Triadic Bible Texts God also testifying salvation first spoken through the Lord gifts of the Holy Spirit Romans 8:14-17 Abba! Father!" fellow heirs with Christ Spirit Himself testifies Interchangeability of "fellowship": 1 Thessalonians 1:3-6: presence of our God and Father hope in our Lord Jesus Christ power and in the Holy Spirit ... joy of the Holy Spirit ... The mere mention of these names we are not justified in concluding that they are evidence of the trinity. Based upon the nature of your argument, I would be justified in concluding that Peter, James and John also had ... When you see an elephant in the clouds it is merely a co-incidence, but 58 elephants in the clouds at the same time chained together trunk to tail, is a divine pattern! It is all about the clear and unmistakable ... In this case the argument for the 8 triadic PJJ passages being merely co-incidence and random would be stronger, although still not convincing. At the very worst, it could be said that they were set apart as a group ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-text-triadic.htm

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Christmas: Separating Bible truth from Myth Micah 5:2 that he would be born in Bethlehem; Matthew 2:18 + Jeremiah 31:15 that Herod would slaughter all the children in an attempt for the Devil to kill the Christ child. All these prophecies were made at least 700 years before Jesus was born. They stand as an irrefutable monument to the inspiration of the Bible and prove that God revealed himself through his messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. ... MYTH #4: Mary remained a virgin until the day of her death. TRUTH: Although Joseph did not have sex with Mary until after she gave birth to Jesus, Mary and Joseph had many other children: "Is not ... king's captain, upon hearing what the undertaking was, and supposing it was a thing of a higher nature than it proved to be, came up thither, having a great band of soldiers with him, such as was ... increased his strength to an insufferable degree. (170) It was said by those who pretended to divine, and who were endowed with wisdom to foretell such things, that God inflicted this punishment ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-Xmas-story.htm

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Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! What Then Are We Saved By? 3.6.1 Entering into a Covenant Relationship with God 3.6.2 Keeping Ourselves Saved Myth 4: Baptism is of Secondary Importance for ... Chapter 8: Where Does this Leave Us? 8.1 So What? 8.2 The Alternatives 8.2.1 Redirection and Evolution 8.2.2 Restoration 8.3 The Nature of Local Churches 8.4 ... The purpose of this book is to increase bible study by those who are disciples of Jesus Christ. This study will greatly enrich all that participate, and it will lead to a ... the most widespread and available valid version. We believe that God's divine providence has assured that the truth can be ascertained from any valid translation. ... No one in the bible was ever chastised for honest bible study -- the bible never discourages anyone from independently studying the bible for himself or herself and ... Paul and Barnabas were sent out specifically to gentile areas of the world from Antioch, although they generally initiated their work by preaching at the synagogues ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm

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Scientific evidences of the Bible's inspiration About 2.5 billion copies have been printed which are available in over 700 languages. Although the Bible has enjoyed such vast distribution and attention, it is read relatively little. Perhaps part of the reason the Bible is so neglected is the many doubts people have about this unique book. If the Bible came from the mouth of God, then the scriptures are believable when they speak of Jesus Christ and accurate when they touch the realm of science. All ... However, if we examine the scientific data of the Bible and find it to be accurate to present-day knowledge, then we have powerful evidence for divine authorship. The scientific facts we are about to examine are not only accurate, but were revealed thousands of years before man discovered them for himself. The Bible does not contain any ... Darwin wrote in his book, Origin Of The Species, "Why, if species have descended from other species by fine graduation, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms? Why is not all nature ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-science-evidences.htm

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Werner, Martin: The Formation of Christian Dogma subordination of Christ to God. 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 record, was Jesus himself (cf. for example Mk. x, 18; xiii, 32; xiv, 36). ... But Arianism now on occasions itself slid, by its compromises, into a similar incompleteness, although the maintenance of the strong original monotheism of Deut. vi, 4/Mk. xii, 29 ... The one divine Logos-Son of the Church's teaching and the many gods of the Gnostic Plerotna had three fundamental characteristics in common: they had come forth from the Father by ... Thus it seated itself on the right-hand of the Father.' He believed thereby that he was speaking of the nature of the person of the historical Jesus, but he was in truth describing a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Werner.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 ... Constantine preached sermons regularly in public: Eusebius Life Const. 4.29 11. Both took steps to correctly understand the true nature of God Paganism vs. Monotheism Constantine facilitated the Nicene council which defined Jesus as uncreated God as opposed to a creature. 12. Both were among the most ... There are several clear examples of Bible prophecy that extend beyond the initial fulfillment and find secondary application to Christians today. For example, every Christ himself is a type of every Christian ... Although it is obvious that God used Constantine as a divine agent to liberate the Christians after 3 centuries of persecution, that does not mean that everything Constantine did was truthful or correct. b. Constantine did not formulate or have any input on the ... ... ...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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Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... ARTICLE III: OF THE SON OF GOD. Also they teach that the Word, that is, the Son of God, did assume the human nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin Mary, so that there are two natures, the divine and the human, inseparably enjoined in one Person, one Christ, true God and true man, who was born of the Virgin Mary, truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, ... As Paul says: One faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of all, etc. Eph. 4, 5. 6. Article VIII: What the Church Is. Although the Church properly is the congregation of saints and true believers, ... Whoever, therefore, trusts that by works he merits grace, despises the merit and grace of Christ, and seeks a way to God without Christ, by human strength, although Christ has said of Himself: I am the Way, ... Wherefore he requests that those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us, may do so by letter. In the Name our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm

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"Scientology: From Science Fiction to Space-age Religion" Scientology claims it can free the thetan to realize his or her true nature and powers through certain controversial procedures that allegedly heal the mind and free the spirit. ... of many earlier forms of wisdom."[4] These include the Vedas, Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism, Gnosticism and early Greek civilization; and the teachings of Jesus, Nietzsche, and Freud. ... In the Church of Scientology the concept of God would appear to be panentheistic (believing that all finite entities are within, but not identical to, God),[9] although monotheism could also ... Scientology maintains that in his true nature, man is not the limited and pitiful body and ego he mistakenly imagines himself to be. He is a thetan whose fundamental nature is basically good and divine. He is not morally fallen; rather he is simply ignorant ... Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt. 16:26) And, "This is eternal life, to know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent." (John 17:3) NOTES ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-explained-simple-cri.htm

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Absalom's insurrection, Rape of Tamar, Satan child: 990-979 BC ... ... Absalom is an antitype of Satan as the "beautiful prince who usurped his father's throne". 1. "in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince [Satan] of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." (Ephesians 2:2). 2. Jesus is the true prince of peace and life: "but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses." (Acts 3:15) 3. Jesus gave up equality with God when he possessed it but Absalom and the Devil attempted to usurp it: "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel13-22-tamars-rape-absaloms-mutiny-984-973bc.htm

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Official creed of the Wesleyan Church ... Within this unity there are three persons of one essential nature, power, and eternity-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Gen. 1:1; 17:1; Ex. 3:13-15; 33:20; Deut. 6:4; Ps. 90:2; Isa ... In love, He both seeks and receives penitent sinners. Ps. 68:5; Isa. 64:8; Matt. 7:11; John 3:17; Rom. 8:15; I Peter 1:17. 3. The Son of God We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. He was conceived by ... We believe that the two great commandments which require us to love the Lord our God with all the heart, and our neighbors as ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the ... Because of it, man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature is continually inclined to evil. He cannot of himself even call upon God or exercise faith for salvation. ... Witness of the Spirit: Rom. 8:16-17; Gal. 4:6; I John 2:3; 3:14,18-19. 12. Good Works We believe that although good works cannot save us from our sins or from God's judgment, they are the fruit ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm

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Scholars on the Personality of the Holy Spirit The Watchtower booklet, "Should you believe in the trinity?", said of Mt 28:19: "Do those verses say that God, Christ, and the holy spirit constitute a Trinitarian ... The Spirit of God.-On the whole, the New Testament, like the Old, speaks of the Spirit as a divine energy or power particularly in the heart of man. ... This divine Spirit is clearly distinguished from the Spirit or conscience of man (Rom. viii 16), and the authority of the Spirit is identified with that of God Himself ... (A Catholic Dictionary, William E. Addis & Thomas Arnold, 1960, p 822-830) Although this spirit is often described in personal terms, it seems quite clear that the ... Thus in II Cor, xiii, 13, St. Paul writes: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all." Here ... But is there in them, any clear indication that a community in divine function meant a community of nature between Father and Son, so that they could say explicitly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-quotes-personality-of-holy-spirit.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... Ethics, James Hastings, Trinity, p 458) In the New Testament we do not find the doctrine of the Trinity in anything like its developed form, not even in the Pauline and Johannine theology, although ample witness is borne to the religious experience from which the doctrine springs. ... 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. In other words, in thinking out the Trinity they arrived at the Triunity. ... If the passage contains no formulate expression of the Trinity, it is yet of great significance as showing that, less than thirty years after the death of Christ, His name and the name of the Holy Spirit could be employed in conjunction with the name of God Himself. Truly, if the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Ontological trichotomy of man: Spirit, Soul and Body Man is dichotomous because he is half spirit and half physical. The entire man is actually trichotomous (three parts) in nature because the Bible speaks of a distinction between soul and spirit and body. ... marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12) "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) The mind, the person, the soul all refer to that which has its seat in the spirit. ... However, Jesus remained "very God" while in the flesh. At no point of Jesus' human life on earth did he ever cease to be "very God" or divine. After the incarnation, He never gave up deity or stopped being god. ... He was likely taught carpentry by his father and learned to spell and cook from his mother. This is truly a puzzle, since God knows all things. Although God is all powerful, Jesus also needed to sleep. If he ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-human-ontological-dichotomy-of-man-dichotomous-body-spirit-memory-conscience-freewill-personality-mood-choice-behaviour.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In ... Support is found in these Bible passages: Genesis 1:1: Revelation 4:11: 1Corinthians 15:28: John 3:16: 1John 4:8: 1Timothy 1:17: Exodus 34:6,7: John 14:9 #4 The Son God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all ... Support is found in these Bible passages: Genesis 1 & 2: Exodus 20:8-11: Psalms 19:1-6: Psalms 33:6 and Psalms 33:9: Psalms 104: Hebrews 11:3 #7 The Nature Of Man Man and woman were made in ... They are born with weaknesses and tendencies to evil. But God in Christ reconciled the world to Himself and by His Spirit restores in penitent mortals the image of their Maker. Created for ... Regarding divorce, Jesus taught that the person who divorces a spouse, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. Although some famiily relationships may fall short of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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Official creed of the Evangelical church ... union, but the properties of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one subsistence; not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same only-begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as from the beginning the prophets have declared concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the symbol of the fathers has handed down to us. D. A Westminster Creed (A modern selection from the 17th century Shorter Catechism) I believe man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever; I believe God is a Spirit, ... Each Christian has an obligation to understand accurately what his gifts are, and to put them to work in the worship of God ( Ephesians 4:11-16). We deny that equality in Christ (Colossians 3:10,11) requires the ... Such delegations are encouraged to come as observers and friends, or as prospective members of the CRE. Members of fraternal delegations may not vote, although they may address the presbytery at the invitation of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) of the Spirit of God, she is peculiarly qualified to present the facts of the Life and Ministry of Christ, in connection with the divine plan of human redemption, and to practically apply the lessons of Jesus to the simple duties of life [italics added]. One of the most pleasing features of this book is the plain and simple language with which the author clothes thoughts that glow with truth and beauty. 1 A lot of trouble and embarrassment would have been avoided in years to come if a few others than the "Spirit of God" had gotten some credit. Although the Scriptures do make ... Even those who might have had their own key to the vault (so to speak) found It fascinating that the shut door might have a possibility of being opened even a little. Donald R. McAdams, himself a ... Clearly, the human planners knew well the maps they were using for all the trips of all those years. 30 However, by nature and practice an honest scholar, Cottrell later allowed his integrity to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH6-Ellens-sources.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 375 AD: Gregory of ... which in accordance with the command of our Lord has been preached to all nations by His disciples, is neither of men, nor by men, but by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, Who being the Word, the Life, the Light, the Truth, and God, and Wisdom, and all else that He is by nature, for this cause above all was made in the likeness of man, and shared our nature, becoming like us in all things, yet without sin. ... In the Faith then which was delivered by God to the Apostles we admit neither subtraction, nor alteration, nor addition, knowing assuredly that he who presumes to pervert the Divine utterance by dishonest quibbling, the same "is of his father the devil," who leaves the words of truth and ... Now the doctrine of the Lord is this: "Go," He said, "teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Gregory of Nyssa, Letter II. To the City of Sebasteia) Click to View Gregory states that although his faith is based upon the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-gregory.htm

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Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! ... apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the doctrine of the Trinity, and to account for it by an imaginary law of nature compelling men to group the objects of their worship in threes. ... ... The Son is not himself God, but as the highest of the created spiritual beings he is moved as close as possible to God. Arius joined this tradition with the same aim-i.e., defending the idea of the oneness of the Christian concept of God against all reproaches that Christianity introduces a new, more sublime form of polytheism. This attempt to save the oneness of God led, however, to an awkward consequence. For Jesus Christ, as the divine Logos become man, moves thereby to the side of the creatures-i.e., to the side of the ... These wretched demons had read the Scriptures and had realized, although imperfectly, what was destined to be. They trembled as they saw their coming overthrow and realized their helplessness to prevent it. To salvage as much as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD ... Now these, precisely, are the credentials with which it has pleased God to sanction the testimony of his inspired messengers, as recorded in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. THEY WROUGHT MIRACLES : THEY FORETOLD FUTURE EVENTS. Thus all that man himself could demand has been given, and objectors are left entirely without excuse. JESUS CHRIST, the principal of those messengers, like his illustrious types and predecessors Moses and Elijah, proclaimed and attested his divine mission at once by miraculous acts, and by prophetic declarations. His miracles were numerous, ... In short, the most valuable and sumptuous of whatever nature, or art, or opulence, could supply _ was enclosed within the consecrated walls of this magnificent and venerable edifice. So much concerning ... All remark here is needless ; but it should not be forgotten, that Josephus was a Jew, obstinately attached to his religion ; and that, although he has circumstantially related every remarkable event ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-destruction70AD-george-holford-1805AD.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM ... Which is quite in accordance with nature; for vipers and asps and serpents themselves generally do affect arid and waterless places. But we, little fishes after the example of our ikhthus, Jesus Christ, are born in water, nor have we safety in any other way than by permanently abiding in water; so that most monstrous creature, who had no ... vol. 3, pg. 669.) 140-230 AD TERTULLIAN "How mighty is the grace of water, in the sight of God and His Christ, for the confirmation of baptism! Never is Christ without water: if, that is, He is Himself baptized in water; inaugurates in water the first rudimentary displays of his power, when invited ... I thought it indeed difficult and hard to believe . . . that divine mercy was promised for my salvation, so that anyone might be born again and quickened unto a new life by the laver of the saving water, he might put off what he had been before, and, although the structure of the body remained, he might change himself in soul and mind. . . . ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... "Consider the fact that whoever has not been in the peace and unity of the Church cannot have the Lord. ...Although given over to flames and fires, they burn, or, thrown to wild ... With reference to those words Augustine says: `If any man be outside the Church he will be excluded from the number of sons, and will not have God for Father since he has not the ... (Luke 10:16) Therefore, it is from the Church alone that the law of Christ must be asked: and, consequently, if for man Christ is the way, the Church, too, is the way, the former of Himself and by His nature, the latter by delegation and communication of power. ... Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. 653.Encyclical, Annum Ingressi Sumus) "He scatters and gathers not who gathers not with the Church and with Jesus Christ, and all who fight not ... "By divine mandate the interpreter and guardian of the Scriptures, and the depository of Sacred Tradition living within her, the Church alone is the entrance to salvation: She alone, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) Note: This is for popular circulation only and is intended to be interpreted in light of the official Statement of Faith and Doctrine of the AGC. I. The Divine Authority ... nature, attributes and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience. Gen. 1:26; 3:22; 11:6-8; John 1:1-4; Isa. 63:8-10; Acts 5:3+4; Matt. 28:19-20; 2 Cor.13:14; Mark 12:29; Rev. 1:4-6; Heb. 1:1-3 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 ... saints for the work of their ministry, and that it is not God's will that any one gift should be given to all believers, although all believers have at least one gift. ... We believe this present age will end with the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, first to receive His church unto Himself, and then to establish the throne of David upon ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus ... of our spirits, became the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh ...The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well as a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity of Husband and Wife; hence the Virgin Mary must have, for the time being, the lawful wife of God the Father ...He had a lawful right to overshadow the Virgin Mary in the capacity of a husband, and beget a Son, although she was espoused to another; for the law which He gave to govern men and women, was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules for his own conduct" (The Seer, Orson Pratt, pg. ... And the Son is a Son is a Son; he is not some transient emanation from a divine essence, but a literal, living offspring of an actual Father. God is the ... From his exalted Father he inherited immortality, the capacity to live forever. The Savior's dual nature-man and God-enabled him to make an infinite ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-semitism and the Third Reich ... In both, he proclaimed himself a friend of the Jewish people and asserted that Jewish migration to the ancient Holy Land was a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Identical Publisher's Forewords ... During all this period of time, and particularly during the World War, the true followers of Christ Jesus devoted to God, and to his kingdom, have been bearing the shame of the heathen and have been hated by all the ... to take a bold stand against the Hitler dictatorship. The book Jehovah's Witnesses in The Divine Purpose, published by the Watch Tower Society in 1957, states: Judge Rutherford had been ... The letter sent to Hitler was equally compromising in nature. To ingratiate the Witnesses with the Nazi Führer, it claimed that the Watch Tower Society had been and was "outstandingly friendly ... For some time thereafter, German Witnesses were divided over what they should do. [15] Although after the Second World War most Jehovah's Witnesses and others were unaware of the compromising ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-penton-3rdreich.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston ... Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. Justin was a Christian teacher at Rome ... However, in The Letter of the Apostles 17, Jesus Himself is depicted as calling the eighth day "the Lord's day". Originating in Asia Minor or Egypt in the middle of the second century, this Letter purports to be the revelation of Christ to the apostles. Although we may doubt that this Letter is inspired or scripture or even apostolic, it ... In his Letter to Flora in the middle of the second century, the Gnostic Ptolemy discussed the various components of divine law and said that God wants us to keep the Sabbath by refraining ... Sometimes early Christians partially enumerated the Ten Commandments as still binding, sometimes as good rules of conduct evident from nature in human beings, sometimes as binding only on ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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The polytheistic "henotheism" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphi ... ... Watchtower Henotheism... as JWs teach it. God of Gods True vs false gods Definite, indefinite article Divine approval to be called a god? YHWH class of god Almighty god True god The God Yes, he ... B. Categorical summary of abused texts used by Jehovah's Witnesses to teach Henotheism: Jesus Christ is God: Jn 1:1; 20:28; Heb 1:6,8 Angels are gods: Ps 97:7 + Heb 1:6; Ps 8:5 + Heb 2:7; Job 20:15 in LXX; ... The best argument Jehovah's Witnesses can use is by claiming a direct one for one correspondence between two sets of passages: (Psalm 97:6 = Heb 1:6) and (Psalm 8:5 = Heb 2:7). Although New ... While demons have deceived men into worshipping them, now the tables are turned and demons are commanded to worship a man called Jesus Christ, who is the creator Himself... God incarnate. So ... 8:4) j) "However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. " (Galatians 4:8) E. Satan is called the "god of this world" 2 Cor 4:4 Ok, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-watchtower-JW-henotheism.htm

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