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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? ... Moreover, it was not included in the New Covenant and was, in fact, terminated at the cross of Calvary (Colossians 2:14). The last time the Sabbath is mentioned in the New Testament is in Colossians 2:16. There Paul issues a warning against those who would seek to bind it. The only commandment peculiar to the Israelite order was the law of the Sabbath. Christians meet for worship today, not on the Jewish Sabbath, but the Lord's day, the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:1,2; Rev. 1:10). 5. The fifth commandment is: "Honor thy father and thy mother." This forbids disrespect and disobedience to parents. The new ... Before the law was given to Moses, it is written: "Who ever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. . . " (Genesis 9:6). During the lifetime of the law many incidents might be cited where killing was used as a punishment (Numbers 15:32). In the New Testament John, the apostle, wrote: "Whoso hateth his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca We are almost done the study! Important note: As you have seen there are only two ways someone can escape the power of these scriptures they will deny the person described as a sinner was ever a Christian they will deny the ... once saved this warning is directed to Christians Branches were broken off cut off. those who fell for their unbelief did not continue in God's kindness Three Hebrews passages Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Hebrews 6:4-6 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is ... Acts 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." ... "I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves ... ... https://www.bible.ca/fall-summary.htm

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Durant, Will: The Story of Civilization ... Mithraism, had lost ground, but Neoplatonism was still a power in religion and philosophy. Those doctrines to which Plotinus had given a shadowy form-of a triune spirit binding all reality, of a Logos or intermediary deity who had done the work of creation, of soul as divine and matter as flesh and evil, of spheres of existence along whose invisible stairs the soul had fallen from God to man and might ascend from man to God-these mystic ideas left their mark on the apostles Paul and John, had many imitators among the Christians, and molded many Christian heresies. (Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, The Age Of Faith, ch 1, p 9) When Julian sought to restore paganism he found it not only irreconcilably diverse in practice and creed, but far more permeated with incredible miracle and myth than Christianity; and he realized that no religion can hope to win and move the common soul unless it clothes its moral doctrine in a splendor of marvel, legend, and ritual. He was impressed by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Durant.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Revelation 22:3 ... Revelation 2:20 'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel , who calls herself a prophetess , and she teaches and leads My [Christ's] bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols ... This powerfully proves that both the Father and Son are served by Christians in Rev 22:3. In Rev 22:5, The Father and Son reign forever. Yet in Rev 20:6 the singular "Him" is applied to the two of them, as though they are one. Father Alone Son Alone Father and Son with collective use of singular Temple 2 Cor 6:16 (also of the Holy Spirit: 1 Cor 6:19) Temple is a metaphor for the body of Christ. We are stones, Jesus is the corner stone: Eph 2:21 Temple, not temples: Revelation 21:22 Throne ... This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years." (Revelation ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-revelation22-3.htm

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Essay on the Demoniacs of the New Testament, Hugh Farmer, 1775 ... never exhibit supernatural power and knowledge. Demon possession was a real thing in the apostolic age, but did not cause insanity. Farmer believed that Jesus did perform genuine miracles of casting out demons, but equated it with a miracle of healing a simple disease. "From hence it follows, that when we read in the New Testament, that Christ and his apostles cast out demons; this must mean, that they cured demoniacs; and it can mean no more . . . And therefore when we are told, that the demon threw down a man, who is said to have an unclean spirit, and convulsed him, and then came ... Richard Neugebauer, American Journal of Psychiatry Dec 1989 AD) "The repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in 1736 had officially ended the waning belief in demoniacal possession as far as the civil power ... An essay on the demoniacs of the New Testament, 1775 London, Robinson pp. 6, 9, 22-6, 120-5, 345-7, 350-I DEMONIACS OR LUNATICS With respect to Christians, I see no reason why they should be alarmed ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/essay-on-the-demoniacs-of-the-new-testament-hugh-farmer-1775ad.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 24 The Olivet Discourse ... He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:6-8) e. It was in this environment of incorrect messianic expectation that the disciples asked Jesus their questions about when the Temple ... There were plenty of warning signs their "cookie cutter", "one size fits all" interpretive system was wrong but they ignored them and the result is they have gutted the content of the Bible that is relevant for Christians living today. c. Similar or identical sounding ... Like Noah - - Mt 24:37 Mt 24:37; 2 Pe 3:5 The End, Last days Heb 1:2 Acts 2:17 + Joel 2:28 Mt 24:6 John 6:44; 11:24; 12:48; Mt 13:40; 1 Cor 15:24 Heavens and earth shaken Mt 22:34; Mt 23 Haggai 2:6 Mt 24:29 Heb 12:27-28 Abomination of desolation Daniel 12:9-13 (43 months ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew24-Luke21-Mark13-Triple-Midrashic-prophecy-Olivet-Discourse-Pentecost-AD33-Destruction-Jerusalem-AD70-Second-Coming.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible Click to View Mental Illness in the Bible Introduction: 1. Psychiatry is a vicious enemy of Christianity and the Bible. Christians must be warned about the evils of psychiatry today: a. The word "psychiatry" comes from the Greek and literally means, "doctor of the soul", yet psychiatrists and the DSM-V actually mock the idea that man has a soul or a spirit. So psychiatrists are doctors of something they do not even believe in. "Psychiatry was first coined by ... Psychologists will often identify church attendance and Bible reading as the root cause of a person's problems. They even believe Jesus and Apostle Paul were schizophrenic. "Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern ... Corresponding insanity behaviours. 1. Balaam: 2 Peter 2:15-16 2. David: 1 Samuel 21:12-15 3. King Saul: 1 Samuel 18:10-12 4. Nebuchadnezzar: Dan 4:30-33 5. John the Baptist: Mt 11:18 6. Jesus: John 10:20-21 7. Paul: Acts 26:24 learn more Suicide and the Bible: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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Eternal torment proved ... annihilation refuted ... First we notice that we as Christians are to seek immortality. Obviously we do not possess it yet if we seek it Rom 2:7 "to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life" Second at resurrection ... While dead in Hades We are a spirit without a physical body after resurrection We are a spirit with a spirit body, just like Christs! 1 Jn 3:2; Phil 3:20-21 This argument is irrefutable unless one: denies that the wicked are even raised from the dead as Christadelphians do thus contradicting "there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked." Acts 24:15 affirms that none of 1 Cor 15 has anything to say about the resurrection of the wicked, the central resurrection chapter of the ... They certainty exist even though perished! 2 Thess 1:9 And these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power (the word "apollumi" is NOT USED in 2 Thess 1:9) Although the word ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-annihilation-refuted.htm

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Metzger, Bruce M. and Coogan, Michael D., Editors; Daniel N. ... ... Since the Christians have come to worship Jesus as a god (Pliny, Epistles 967), how can they claim to be continuing the rnonotheistic tradition of the God of Israel) Various answers are suggested, ... While the New Testament writers say a great deal about God, Jesus, and the Spirit of each, no New Testament writer expounds on the relationship among the three in the detail that later Christian writers do. The earliest New Testament evidence for a tripartite formula comes in 2 Corinthians 13.13, where Paul wishes that "the grace of the Lord Jesus, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy ... For the community of John's gospel, these passages provide assurance of the presence and power of God both in the ministry of Jesus and in the ongoing life of the community. Beyond this immediate ... An example is 1 Peter 1.1-2, in which the salutation is addressed to those who have been chosen "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in holiness of spirit." This reference may be to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Metzger.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary ... of Pentecost, represents it as the activity of the Trinity. 'This Jesus ... being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear' (Acts ii. 32, 33). ... The earliest foreshadowing is contained in the narrative of the creation, where Elohim is seen to create by means of Word and Spirit (Gn. i. 3). Here we are for the first time introduced to the Word put forth as a personal creative power, and to the Spirit as the bringer of ... In the Epistles of Paul, Peter, John, James, and Jude, as well as in the Epistle to the Hebrews, redemption is uniformly traced to the threefold Source, and each Person appears as the object of worship and adoration. The apostolic benediction, 'The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all' (2 Cor. xiii. 14), not only sums up the apostolic teaching, but it interprets the deeper meaning of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Synagogue Perimeter Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ: ... ... In Phocaea (Asia Minor), a woman named Tation, "having erected the assembly hall [oricos] and the enclosure of the open courtyard with her own funds, gave them as a gift to the Jews." This generous benefaction merited her a prominent seat (Trpoe-Spia) in the synagogue hall.'" Synagogue leaders or important ... These may have been the "cheap seats" just like in modern theatres and sporting events. 5. While the Jews practiced preferential seating, this was condemned (corrected) in the church. James the apostle, beheaded in Acts 12 wrote in 36 AD to equip the Christians fleeing Jerusalem in Acts 8:1-4, to be careful not to show partiality in church assemblies. This was a ... But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet." (1 Timothy 2:11-12) c. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament puts an outright ban on women preachers, elders, taking leading roles in leading singing, communion or prayers. d. In this regard, churches carried forward the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Benches-triclinium-seating-Metaphor-Equality-Christ-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-church.htm

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Freewill Weekly Collections for Benevolence In Synagogues: First ... ... and to show our readiness, taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift; for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. ... This is a wise system accountability where each donating church sent one of their own to confirm the money reached its intended recipients. f. Paul was also protected from any false accusations from Christians or outsiders that he "pulled a Jimmy Baker" and pocked the money himself for a new ... But there were some Jews from Asia-" (Acts 24:17-18) E. WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS: CHURCH VS. SYNAGOGUE 1. Both first century Synagogues and churches took weekly collections. 2. Synagogues used the money for the local poor Jews and once a ... 3. While most churches today completely ignore the specific restrictions on how to use the money from the church treasury, the Holy Spirit is clear. 4. Church treasury money can be used for the God ordained work of the church: a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Freewill-Weekly-Collection-ancient-Synagogue-money-Benevolence-First-fruit-gold-Jerusalem-widow-orphan-Jews-Christians-only-Church-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Noah was saved by water baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 ... you or Noah could claim they earned their salvation by obeying God's commands. 7. Although salvation is a free gift that we cannot earn through works, that does not mean that there are no conditions of obedience that we must do. ... When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. " (Acts 8:35-39) 4. You must be baptized by full immersion for the remission of ... "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also He went and made proclamation to the ... that sets up an ancient parallel to how the apostles taught we are to be saved. 2. Apostle Peter said this: Just as water saved Noah, so too the water of baptism saved Christians. 3. While it is true that the ark saved Noah from the water, Apostle Peter says that the water saved Noah from the sinful world! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/salvation-water-baptism-noah-8-eight-persons-saved-by-water-1-peter-3-21.htm

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Early Christian faith on Trinity, deity of Christ, personality ... Therefore also he is ancient" (The Shepherd 12). 140 AD Aristides 140 AD Aristides "[Christians] are they who, above every people of the Earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge God, the creator and maker of all things, in the ... to God alone we render worship." (Justin Martyr, First Apology, ch 17) 150 AD Justin Martyr "God begot before all creatures a Beginning, who was a certain rational power from himself and whom the Holy Spirit calls . . . sometimes the Son, . . . sometimes Lord and Word ... ... Now the Word of God is His Son, as we have before said. And He is called Angel and Apostle; for He declares whatever we ought to know, and is sent forth to declare whatever is revealed; as our Lord Himself says, "He that heareth Me, heareth ... God." (Against Heresies, Book IV, ch. 20, section 1) 180 AD Irenaeus "Wherefore the prophets, receiving the prophetic gift from the same Word, announced His advent according to the flesh, by which the blending and communion of God and man ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-trinity.htm

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Modalism refuted: UPCI's Sixty Questions On The Godhead refuted ... ... At that time the "wise and prudent" did not understand "'the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.' But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes the deep things of God (1 Cor. 2:9 & 10). Also cf John 16:13; 1 Peter 1:3; Romans 1:16 & 17 and 2 Timothy 3:16 & 17. Today, "God shows no partiality" (Acts 10:34 et. al.). UPC Question #13. "Who is the Father? The Father is the one God, ... It should be observed that the word "one" is in italics indicating that it has been inserted by the translators. Colossians 3:1 It may be that John looked neither to the right nor to the left because Paul writes "...Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God." Acts 7:56 ... Earlier I wrote that it is obvious the author of the questions was using the King James Version, however, here he makes an exception. Jehovah appears in the king James Version only four times and Isaiah 43:10 is not one of them. In this passage His power, or omnipotence, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism-UPC-60-questions-godhead.htm

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Lesson 15: Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper Master index of 23 studies: "Determine if you worship in Spirit and Truth!" Click to View Lesson 15 Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper Many people do not want to remember the Lord's death for us very often since they only partake of the Lord's supper monthly, quarterly, annually, or not at all. ... But the church in the first century met every first day of the week to observe the Lord's Supper. We are told in Acts 20:7, "Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight." Why did they come together on the first day of the week? Here we see the church in the first ... When the Jews, who lived under the Old Testament, were commanded to remember the Sabbath Day, that is the seventh day of the week, to keep it holy, they kept all 52 Sabbath Days of the year holy. The first day of the week also occurs 52 times each year. When Christians today observe the Lord's Supper ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-15-communion-weekly.htm

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Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church It was a military matter. His comprehension of Christian doctrine was never very clear, but he was sure that victory in battle lay in the gift of the God of the Christians." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, quoted in, Should you believe ... The Bible teaches that you get your sins washed away at water baptism: Acts 2:38; 22:16 and that water baptism "saves you" Mk 16:16; 1 Pe 3:21. But most importantly Christians never delayed their baptisms at all! In Acts 16:25,33, the Jailer was baptized around midnight! You see, the ... Encyclopedia Britannica fully documents the incredible extent that Constantine went to destroy paganism and idolatry in the same spirit of many of the righteous kings of the Old Testament! Encyclopedia Britannica is a must read for anyone ... At the crisis of his career in the war of 312 to gain sole power in the West, Constantine invoked the might aid of the Christian God and was not disappointed. His rise to power in 306 AD made it certain that persecution would not affect ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm

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McClintock and Strong: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and ... Do those verses say that God, Christ, and the holy spirit constitute a Trinitarian Godhead, that the three are equal in substance, power, and eternity? No, they do not, no more than listing three ... The texts relating to the doctrine of the Trinity may be divided into two classes - those in which the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are mentioned in connection, and those in which these three subjects ... of the three subjects mentioned, or their equality or divinity. ... 2 Cor. 13:14, " The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and beloved of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. ... person in whom one is baptized is not necessarily God, as 1 Cor. 1:13, " Were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" (c) The connection of these three subjects does not prove their personality or equality. ... The following an the principal texts of this class: John, v, 23, 11 All men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father" Acts i, 24; vii, 59; 2 Cor. xii, 8, where Christ is approached in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McClintock.htm

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Johannes Greber: "The New Testament", and "Communication with ... ... closed." (Johannes Greber, "Communication with the Spirit World of God--Its Laws and Purpose.) We want to draw your attention to the fact that what happened to Greber is common among "Christian/Pentecostal" and occult religions around the world. ... In what is called the New Testament, several paragraphs, indeed entire chapters, have been omitted. What you have now are mutilated copies...Even the last letter of the Apostle Paul addressed to all Christian communities has been destroyed. In it he ... Only the truth could exert so great an influence upon me, an influence from which I had not the power to withdraw, even had I been so inclined. ... In the end, I resolved to follow the directions I had received [from the spirit] , even though it ... Not even of Christ was the natural body raised. (p.385) Jesus Christ was spoken of as "the first resurrected from the dead."(Acts 26:23) This means he was the first to be resurrected of those who would not have to die again. Also, he was the first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Greber.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Haggai 2:2-23 the Lord, 'and work; for I am with you,' declares the Lord of hosts. 'As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!' "For thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the ... Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. 'I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by ... Fulfillment was completed through the "greater glory" in the temple when it was completed in 516 BC. 5. Haggai 2:3-9 was all so neat, clean and simple, until Apostle Paul comes along and finds not one, but two additional fulfilments in Hebrews 12:18-29 a. Hebrews 12:18-24: Christians have not come to Mt. Sinai when God shook the earth but to the church and heavenly Jerusalem (Mt. Zion). b. Note: The Law of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Haggai2-Triple-prophecy-Hebrews12-heaven-earth-shaken-greater-glory-moses-zerubbabel-Christ-uncreation-Sinai-Pentecost-second-coming.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 250 AD: Cyprian The issue has never been settled because Easter is a man-made holy day that developed long after the apostles died. Had scripture revealed it, we would know exactly how to celebrate it. Christ did not tell Christians to remember his birth at ... Also the Lord in the Gospel, similarly rebuking and reproving, utters and says, "Ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." Mindful of which precept, the blessed Apostle Paul himself also warns and instructs, saying, "If any ... compel his colleague to the necessity of obedience; since every bishop, according to the allowance of his liberty and power, has his own proper right of judgment, and can no more be judged by another than he himself can judge another." (The ... No appeal is made to oral tradition of Jesus apart from the scriptures. "For it weighs me down and saddens me, and the intolerable grief of a smitten, almost prostrate, spirit seizes me, when I find that you there, contrary to ecclesiastical order, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyprian.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 1:1 ... If John wanted to convey that Jesus had divine qualities, he would have used the adjective for "divine" [theios] as in Acts 17:29 and 2 Pe 1:3. Instead, John used the word for God, "theos". In regard ... There is no syntactical parallel to Acts 28:6 where there is a statement in indirect discourse; John 1:1 is direct....I am neither a Christian nor a Trinitarian." Kaufman: Dr. Paul L. Kaufman of ... a translation rejected by all recognized scholars of the Greek language may of whom are not even Christians, and cannot fairly be said to be biased in favor of the orthodox contention." Metzger: Dr. ... Saying indefinitely: "Jehovah is a God" is identical to saying definitely: "Jehovah is the God". In fact, Jehovah is called both "a God" in the Bible. (Mic 7:18, Luke 20:38, 1 Cor 14:33). The meaning ... "The Decepto-meter" Satanic Quote It [The NT] offers no room for a statement of the relations of Father, Son, and Spirit which would imply that one of them is more or less properly on the divine level ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm

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Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! ... Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) [NOTE: Lohse says, and correctly so, is that early Christians would frame Christian doctrine in terms understand within the current culture for illustrative purposes. ... There are threefold formulae listing the Persons in such passages as Matt. 28:19; Jn. 14:26; 15:26; 2 Cor. 13:13; 1 Pet. 1:2 (---> God, art. theos NT 8). There seems to be no precursor of this idea in ... The Indian Trimurti, altogether pantheistic in spirit, is still further from the Christian Trinity" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church New York: Scribner's, 1924, vol. 2, p. 566) "Only ... Trinitarianism then was confirmed at Nicaea in 325 by Church bishops out of political expediency" (Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille, Arian, Leader of The Way International, Jesus Christ is Not God, p. 25-26) ... of the Christian Church New York: Scribner's, 1924, vol. 2, p. 566) "Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil ... feeling also that these usages had originally ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... And when Saul came to him, he was disordered in mind, and under the vehement agitation of a spirit; and, putting off his garments, he fell down, and lay on the ground all that day and night, in the presence of Samuel and David." (Josephus Antiquities 6.221-223) c. ... best school on earth: the church. 3. Apostle Paul taught in a school at a time when there were no church buildings: a. "But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks." (Acts 19:9-10) b. While today men use this a ... Biblical Archeology, cartology and chronology must be taught. d. Tuition is free because the school, as part of the church, is funded singularly from freewill donations from Christians every Lord's Day. By Steve Rudd 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Raising God-Fearing ... ... For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been ... B. Emphasizing externals rather than Character: 1. Achievement oriented rather than character oriented: 1 Sam 15:22-23 2. Focusing of outward beauty, clothing & jewelry vs. inward spirit: 1 Sam 16:6-7; 1 Pet 3:3-4 3. More concerned ... b) Too much: children tend to feel neglected and uncared for...and get themselves in trouble (1) Jesus & Paul understood the limits of spiritual children: Jn 16:12-13; 1 Cor 3:1-2 (2) Age 2-3 can handle 2 different commandments at one time; 4-5 about 3; 6-8 about 4 c) Too little: Teens ... Mt 11:21-24; 2 Pe 2:20-21 b) Discipline more severely for repeat offences c) Do discipline for first time acts but less severely 2. God will punish some sins more severely than others: a) OT Law: Adultery-death; (Lev 18:20) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-parenting-raising-kids.htm

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The Exodus Route: Red Sea Crossing ... The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. " Exodus 14:21-22 All of this was miracle. The wind both helped divide the waters, but more likely ... In fact the word "wall" is used over 140 times in the Old Testament and it is the common word used countless times for city walls. Further, Apostle Paul argues the walls of water on both sides and the cloud above, were a metaphor for water baptism by ... Paul says that just as Israel was saved when they were "baptized into Moses", so too we are saved when we are baptized into Christ. (See Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pe 3:21) Bulrushes and reeds grow in very shallow lakes. The Bible says that ... So the western boundary of Israel is the River of Egypt, which is the Wadi al-Arish. Most Bible map sets have this correct. The power of name of this river that the sets the boundary between Egypt and Israel was understood in the mind of every Jew. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-goshen-red-sea.htm

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Mental Illness cures: (EDS-7) Etiological Diagnostic Snapsheet Scientifically, there is no evidence to support the myth that bad behaviour is driven through chemical imbalances of the brain and corrected through psychiatric drugs. While Christians are fully aware ... spirit" Col 3:21 forgive, forget, trust in God Prov 3:24-26 Complaints (9U's) 9 U's: I feel Unhappy I feel Unloved I feel Unrespected I feel Unappreciated I feel Used (by others) I feel Underpaid I feel Unnoticed I feel Unsuccessful I feel Unentertained, bored, dull high self-esteem, sense of entitlement Rom 12:3 Phil 2:14-15 Acceptance, contentment, endurance, low esteem 2 Cor 12:10-11 1 ... Revenge may be deliberate acts of crime (vandalism, assault, arson) against those who have hurt or harmed you. e. The wave of mass murder/suicides by young people of fellow students at schools are ... trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-EDS-7-etiological-diagnostic-snapsheet.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church Rather, we look upon Jesus as a great healer, miracle worker, and mystic who had a direct access to God. We believe that his actions can be emulated by believers today. One's life is to be dominated ... Both are states of mind and conditions, which people experience as a direct outworking of their thoughts, beliefs, words, and acts. If one's mental processes are out of harmony with the law of man's [sic] being, they result in trouble and sorrow; mental as well as bodily anguish overtakes one, and this is hell". Satan: Many Christians look upon Satan as a quasi-deity; an all evil presence who is the ... Spirit, an ultimate dialogue between an individual and God." The individual emerges purified, having experienced a religious conversion of great intensity. Communion: There has been much controversy over the meaning, details, and purpose of the rite of Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) within Christian Churches. Most Unity ministers do not have a formal ritual. We recall the words of St. Paul ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly not some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. When Christians saw ... Nothing could be further from the truth. 7. The truth is that Israeli statehood in 1948 was and is irrelevant to Bible prophecy. 8. Paul said the hope of Israel was not physical restoration, but only ... I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. " (Acts 26:6-9) b. "For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am ... your filthiness and from all your idols. "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ... may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. " (Romans 12:1-2) iii. "Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Hostels, Housing, Food Banks and appendages in Synagogues ... B. Appendages in church buildings: 1. The church you can read about in the Bible used the synagogue as prototype to adopt most of these functions: a. Church civic town hall meetings: Acts 6 and the neglected widows. b. Food bank for needy widows ... Civic Court to settle internal non-religious disputes over money matters etc. and decree punishments that fit the crime that range from restitution to floggings: 1 Cor 6 e. Eating of sacred communal meals: Lord's Supper (unleavened grape juice, ... UNAUTHORIZED AND FORBIDDEN: Widow and orphan Homes: While the individual is mandated to help both, the church is forbidden from helping widows who are non-Christians. Paul instructed the church to supply food or money to widows, not housing. b. ... While synagogues gathered three times a year for sacred "full meals" of lamb that satisfied hunger, such was outlawed by the Holy Spirit in the church. 14. Its ok for a the church to install a passenger pigeon coop for communications, but today, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Hostels-Housing-ancient-Synagogue-Appendages-Food-Banks-out-buildings-farming-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both ... and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born in this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. ... And although there is no condemnation for them that believe, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. X. Of Free-Will. The Condition of Man after the ... And in such only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or operation: but they that receive them unworthily purchase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. XXVI. Of the ... XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but rather is a Sacrament of our Redemption by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity ... What does the Old Testament tell us of God? It tells us there is one God, a wonderful God of life and love and righteousness and power and glory and mystery, who is the creator and lord of the whole universe, who is intensely concerned with the ... In this Trinity of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son'. Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are ... The Tri-unity represents the effort to think out the Trinity, and so to afford it a reasonable basis. The first Christians had with St. Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; ... But the NT does contain the fixed, three-part formula of 2 Cor. 13:13 (EVV 14) in which God, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit are mentioned together (cf. I Cor. 12:4 ff.). The Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit occurs only in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Josh McDowell's Powerful Evidience for Resurrection ... Consider these facts: FACT #1: BROKEN ROMAN SEAL As we have said, the first obvious fact was the breaking of the seal that stood for the power and authority of the Roman Empire. The consequences of breaking the seal were extremely severe. The FBI ... It was a life-shattering experience when Christ appeared to him. Although he was at the time not a disciple, he later became the apostle Paul, one of the greatest witnesses for the truth of the resurrection. If the New Testament were a collection of ... It is equally possible that all to whom Jesus appeared became followers. No one acquainted with the facts can accurately say that Jesus appeared to just "an insignificant few." Christians believe that Jesus was bodily resurrected in time and space ... For the New Testament of Acts, the confirmation of historicity is overwhelming. Any attempt to reject its basic historicity, even in matters of detail, must now appear absurd. Roman historians have long taken it for granted. A. N. Sherwin-White ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-resurrection-evidence-Josh-McDowell.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed ... Arius was thoroughly Greek in his conception of God. Arius' view of Christ was much inferior to that of either Theodotus in the West or of Paul of Samosata in the East. ... They satisfied the deep-rooted Greek idea that God cannot be the ... modernist who also advocates Angel Christology commenting on Arianism) The basic concern of Arius was and remained disputing the oneness of essence of the Son and the Holy Spirit with God the Father, in order to preserve the oneness of God. ... glory of God" (1 Cor 11:7); as for (the Son existing) ."always", it is written "while we live we are always ..." (2 Cor 4:11); as for (the Son being) "in him", (it is written) that "in him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28); as for (the Son being) "unchanging", it is written "nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ" (Rom 8:35). On the subject of (the Son being) the power (of God), (it is written) that the caterpillar and the locust are called the "power" even the "great power" of God ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Civil Courts, beating and scourging in Synagogues, Slavery jail ... Courts (gates, cities of Refuge) Mosaic Judiciary Rules of evidence (2-3 witnesses) Judges Introduction: A. The church is a civic court like the Synagogue: 1. 1 Cor 6 authorizes the church to function as a civic court for non-religious disputes between Christians ... scourged Him." (John 19:1) Innocent apostle Paul: "Are they servants of Christ?-I speak as if insane-I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep." (2 Corinthians 11:23-25) Christians today: ""But beware of men, for ... and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city," (Matthew 23:34) b. ""And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You." (Acts 22:19) c. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Courts-ancient-Synagogue-Civil-judgment-Slavery-jail-beating-scourging-Columns-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Seven Parenting Sayings Of Worldly Wisdom Children Need 5 Essential Morals for strong Healthy Souls: Iron Work Ethic: 2 Th 3:10 Vitamin C Endurance: James 1:2-4 Riboflavin Self-discipline 2 Cor 13:5 Vitamin B-12 Cooperation: Eccl 4:9-12 Biotin Responsibility: 1 Ti 5:4 D. Four ... John 2:15 Jesus made a scourge of cords, and drove them out of the temple John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged Him Isa 53:5 by His scourging we are healed Acts 22:24 (Roman) commander ordered Paul to be examined by scourging D. Other methods of discipline: ... Jas 1:19 be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; Prov 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but the slow to anger pacifies contention. Don't break the child's "spirit": Col 3:21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, that ... Prov 1:10-15 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent...Throw in your lot with us, we shall all have one purse...Keep your feet from their path B. We are to teach our kids not to marry non-Christians! Click to View Deadly saying #6: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/marriage/parenting-seven-deadly-sayings.htm

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Official creed of the Methodist church We therefore expect that the Discipline would be administered, not merely as a legal document, but as a revelation of the Holy Spirit working in and through our people. For this reason we wish that ... Article I.-Of Faith in the Holy Trinity There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body or parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things, both ... Although the law given from God by Moses as touching ceremonies and rites doth not bind Christians, nor ought the civil precepts thereof of necessity be received in any commonwealth; yet ... And in such only as worthily receive the same, they have a wholesome effect or operation; but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves condemnation, as St. Paul saith. Article ... As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ and James his apostle, so we judge that the Christian religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-methodist.htm

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What causes of Mental Illness (etiology) ... SID: "Sin induced depression or anxiety" SIS: "Sin induced schizophrenia" Sin and guilt (cognitive dissonance) Only affects Christians since non-Christians do not experience guilt from sin. Repent and stop sinning AIS: "Anger ... In Acts 16:16 you have an example of demon possession that was similar to modern fortune telling: "It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling." Acts 16:16. Save your money on modern fortune ... If it did, there would be unanimous agreement that the person was demon possess because all would see with their own eyes the supernatural power and knowledge. Till then, Christians should stop spreading false doctrine that ... David Kaiser, Psychologist, Psychiatric Times, December, Dec. 1996, Vol. XIII, Issue 12) "The mind can cause certain diseases." (Channeling and faith healing: Scam or miracle, Carl Sagan, Parade, Dec 4, 1994, p10) G. Chemical ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-causes-etiology.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses abuse the divine name YHWH of my God ... YHWH: Ex 6:2-3 Never used by Patriarchs Used 7000 times by Jews Never used in NT Jesus: Acts 4:12 Never used in OT Used 900 times in NT II. YHWH not removed from the ... If we were given the choice, we would merely insert YHWH every time it is used in the Hebrew Old Testament. If that is what the Holy Spirit chose to use, it is good ... Then third, they run off to "the higher ranking" to learn that what Christians first told them is in fact true! Finally they are told the most bizarre lies by "the ... no one has ever found any evidence of a Hebrew Matthew original, and this still doesn't explain why the Jew world Translation add's Jehovah in the books Paul wrote. ... "However, Jesus and his followers had prophesied that an apostasy would occur in the Christian congregation. The apostle Peter had written: "There will also be false ... Why is the NWT not consistent in translating kyrios (kurion) as "Jehovah" in Rom 10:9, 1Cor 12:3, Phil 2:11, 2Thess 2:1, and Rev 22:21 (see Gr-Engl Interlinear)? In ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH.htm

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Thutmoses III was Pharaoh of the Exodus in 1446 BC ... 300 years Judges 11:26 (Jephthah lived in 1100 BC) The time from entering Egypt until the time of Samuel was 450 years: Acts 13:19 (400 + 40 + 10: Joshua took 10 years to take the land) The period of the Judges is 262 years. (From death of Joshua ... Galatians 3:17 iii. "God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years." Genesis 15:13 b. Apostle Paul said that from the time Israel ... If God intended there to be any symbolism in the literal 480 years being 12 generations of 40 years (and there may not be), this shows the power of providence of God to bring such things about. There are other examples of these precise dating in ... According to Egyptian religion, removing the name or image of a deceased person was a direct assault on his/her spirit. For him to live forever in the Field of Reeds, his body, image, or name must survive on earth. If all memory of him were lost or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-date-1440bc.htm

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The White Lie: Walter Rea: Chapter 1: How To Change History Personalities would leave their mark on national and local law and political framework. The Civil War would weaken and yet unite a nation. The European nations would continue their struggle for identity and power. The expansion of the American West ... There was really nothing new in the banner or the song. The Hebrews of old had held to the seventh day throughout the Old Testament. New Testament Christians had given some attention and lip service to the Second Coming since the days of Christ. ... Her chances of catching the brass ring seemed slim until misfortune smiled on her. When she was nine, an accident happened that, according to her, "was to affect my whole life." ~ Like the apostle Paul with his eye trouble, Ellen, throughout the rest of ... Her grandson, who was to inherit the duties of the keeper-of-the-keys, gave much the same explanation over a period of forty years-with one interesting deviation in his 1945 supplement to volume four of her book The Spirit of Prophecy: Mrs. White ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH1-save-history.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... ... which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, only for a season; but the things which are not seen are eternal (cf. II Cor. iv. 18). The philosophy of Plato is eminently theistic. ... Schaff's point is not that early Christians borrowed their doctrine from Plato, but that they employed Platonic language to convey Christian truths for illustrative purposes. JW's do the same today when they say that the Holy Spirit is like the "electricity" of God. Early Christians ... to live and move (PhoDdrus, 245); that diseases of the body do not reach to the soul; and vice, which is a disease of the soul, corrupts its moral quality, but has no power or tendency to destroy its essence (" Republic," 610), etc. ... Therefore he made the world good, and when he saw it he was delighted (ib. 37 C; cf. Gen. i. 31). God is the author of all good, and of good only, not of evil. " Every good gift cometh down from the Father of the celestial luminaries "; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Anxiety and Depression are not caused from chemical imbalances ... ... God, a lack of contentment and high self-esteem are the root causes of anxiety and depression. 8. The bad news is that non-Christians have no escape of anxiety and depression because they have no one that is looking out for their wellbeing. 9. See the Case ... Sinai, God gave Elijah 4 chances (wind, earthquake, fire, breeze) to change his behaviour choice AND GET BACK TO WORK AS A PROPHET. b. Each time God waited for Elijah to see that with God's power on his side he had nothing to fear. c. After the three power ... This is because Elijah's behaviour choices of giving up and depression WERE A SIN. 5. In the case of Jonah, God was angrily rebuked Jonah's depression and anger. 6. The apostle Paul had much more to be anxious or depressed about, yet he: a. Paul was a model example of joy in the midst of tribulation and personal suffering. b. Paul and Silas sang after being beaten and thrown into prison: Acts 16:25 C. Anxiety and depression are not caused by body chemicals: 1. "The ideology ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-junk-science-anxiety-depression-myth.htm

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Inherited Sin: definitions and official creeds Webster Dictionary: "the utter depravity of man which Calvinists regard as due to original sin and as persisting until regeneration through the Spirit of God." John Calvin, inventor of "Calvinism": ... This kind of theological inconsistency is common among Baptists, for example, when they maintain we are saved by faith only (see Jas 2:24), to the exclusion of water baptism (see Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; ... This corruption is repeatedly designated by Paul by the term sin (Gal. v.19)...." The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, by Loraine Boettner, pg. 77 "Adam was made not only the father but also the ... And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin." "The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-creeds.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus ... designation means what it says.-page 742 SON OF MAN: Christ is the Son of Man, meaning that his Father (the eternal God!) is a Holy Man. "In the language of Adam, Man of Holiness" is the name of God. ... The Father is a Father is a Father; he is not a spirit essence or nothingness to which the name Father is figuratively applied. And the Son is a Son is a Son; he is not some transient emanation from a ... He was not the son of the Holy Ghost; it was only through the Holy Ghost that the power of the Highest overshadowed Mary (Luke 1:35; 1 Ne. 11:19). (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, Jesus Christ, ... His biological father was God, the Father. As Son of God, Jesus represents the Father and acts as his agent in all things. (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, p.61) The Latter-day ... It is a true principle that "no man can say [or, rather, know] that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost." (1 Cor. 12:3.) The testimony of Jesus, which is also the spirit of prophecy is to know by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! The major benefit of these practices was thought to be some kind of salvation. The mystery religions were not, of course, the only manifestations of the religious spirit in the eastern Roman Empire. One could also find public cults not ... Eventually a public rehearsal of the Attis myth became an annual event in which worshipers shared in Attis's "immortality." Each spring the followers of Cybele would mourn for the dead Attis in acts of fasting and flagellation. It was only ... The Greek ceremonies that are supposed to have influenced first-century Christians had long since disappeared by the time we get to Jesus and Paul. Sacred meals in such post-Christian mysteries as Mithraism come too late. Unlike the initiation rites of the mystery cults, Christian baptism looks back to what a real, historical person -- Jesus Christ -- did in history. Advocates of the mystery cults believed their "sacraments" had the power to give the individual the benefits of immortality in a mechanical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Jesus Master Builder carpenter stonemason creator build temple ... holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) Introduction: A. Jesus was much more than a mere carpenter! 1. Jesus was ... Jesus and his mother and brothers and sisters moved to Capernaum after the Cana miracle of John 3. It appears that Joseph was dead at this time because he is not mentioned as making the move. d. It ... Dan 3:22; Jer 23:29 4. Plastered (whitewashed) tombs and walls: Ezekiel 13:10-16; Matthew 23:27; Acts 23:3 5. Nails: 1 Chronicles 22:34; Ecclesiastes 12:11; John 20:25; Colossians 2:14 6. Roofs: a. ... For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness." (Matthew 23:27) c. "Then Paul said to him, "God is going to ... purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jesus-master-builder-archi-tekton-stonemason-carpenter-foundations-corner-stones-rock-sand-yokes-plows-creator-temple-synagogues-church.htm

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Friday crucifixion three days and three nights Nisan 14 sign ... submitted to you also for your consideration." (First apology of Justin, Weekly Worship of the Christians, Ch 68) 2. 250 AD IGNATIUS: "On the day of the preparation, then, at the third hour, He ... C1. From the mouth of Jesus! C2. The case of Cornelius in Acts 10:3+9+23+24+30 C3. The case of Queen Esther: Esther 4:16 + 5:1 C4. The case of the faithless Jews: Matthew 27:63-64 C5. The case of the ... This is not connected directly with the men on the road to Emmaus, but Luke, through inspiration of the Holy Spirit has now referred to the third day, FOUR TIMES! 1. Avoiding the truth about the Road ... C. Reasons why the last supper was not the seder/lamb meal: Christ literally fulfilled the Passover lamb symbolism to the exact time of the day! I Cor 5:7-8. He was slain when the Passover lambs were ... So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and BROUGHT HIM BY NIGHT TO ANTIPATRIS. But THE NEXT DAY, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks. " (Acts ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-3-days-and-3-nights.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... While Jews and Christians understand this was a direct curse from Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, the Babylonian pagans had no explanation. They just understood these two facts as reality. A. ... This an amazing anti-type of both Jewish Mitzvah washings prescribed by Moses and Immersion in the name of Jesus to "wash away your sins" (Acts 22:16) by the apostles. After the immersion, the god was killed and the spirit from the god was used to make man. In this way the Babylonian creation account echoes ... Starving and parched, all the gods swarm like flies to the sacrifice and eat their fill. Interesting that Jesus was accused of using the power of Beelzebub, the "lord of the flies" to cast out demons. After they had eaten, Nintu, ... Like Roman Catholic priest and nuns today, many celibate women would be encouraged to serve the gods in the temple because it was a higher state of holiness and the gods would be more happy than if they got married and had ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-atra-hasis-old-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-flood-creation-tablet-1635bc.htm

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The original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon had 1000's of errors ... ... The translation of the characters appeared on the Urim and Thummim, sentence by sentence, and as soon as one was correctly transcribed the next would appear." (Myth of the Manuscript Found, 1883 edition, page 71) The Mormon Apostle Orson Hyde ... to the Faculty of the Department of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, May, 1965, by Paul R. Cheesman, page 167) Oliver B. Huntington recorded in his journal that in 1881 Joseph F. Smith, who became the sixth ... Joseph did not render the writing on the gold plates into the English language in his own style of language as many people believe, but every word and every letter was given to him by the gift and power of God. So it is the work of God and not of Joseph ... the hearts of the children of men for to receive his word . . ." (page 261) [Alma 13:24] ". . . did pour out his spirit on all the face of the land, for to prepare . . ." (page 268) [Alma 16:16] ". . . after their many struggles for to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-1830-changes.htm

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