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How can the Watchtower continue to get away with deceiving their ... A Satanic booklet used by Jehovah's Witnesses to deceive the public into thinking that Trinity is a pagan doctrine. How can the Watchtower continue to get away with deceiving their own people? A. Because Jehovah's Witnesses believe their organization is guided by God in all it does! Read this quote from the Watchtower magazine: "The evidence of the holy spirit in the quality and content of the writings published by the Watchtower Society should be the thing that satisfies, that convinces, together with a comparison of these things with the ... B. The Watchtower is an information control cult that deliberately confuses its people: 1. Jehovah Witnesses do not understand the difference between Modalism and Trinity. Jehovah's Witnesses really don't understand the difference between Trinity and Modalism. In fact Modalism is just as Anti-Trinitarian as Arianism (JW view). But in utter deception, the Watchtower applies Modalistic interpretations to a passage, then refutes it. What the average ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-decieve.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity by Dr. David W. T. Brattston 2013 AD There are strongly-held differences as to whether God wishes Saturday or Sunday to be the main weekly day of Christian assembling and worship. As with many religious issues, both sides appeal to the Bible; then, when arguments based on it fail to convince, they look to the practice of the earliest Christians. For ... Rome "had in mind also how that Paul had oftentimes contended with the doctors of the Jews and confuted them, saying: Christ, upon whom your fathers laid hands, abolished their sabbaths and fasts and holy-days and circumcision, and the doctrines of men and the rest of the traditions he did abolish." ... It is not enough to flatly state that early Christians held their main public worship on Saturday or only on Sunday. The onus is on the proponents of one view or another to quote or cite early sources, just as this article does for ancient Sunday as the day of worship. In Christianity today, too many ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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Modalism refuted: UPCI's Sixty Questions On The Godhead refuted ... Refuted: "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" (UPCI) Modalism Refuted! Anti-Trinitarian! United Pentecostal Church's: "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" Refuted! Click to View See modalism as taught by the UPCI Refuted at: Modalism Before noticing the questions we wish to make certain observations: It appears the ... The author of the questions was either unaware of 2 - 5 or else ignored those facts. The expression Holy Spirit is a descriptive basically meaning separate Spirit. Godhead is an old English word for Godhood (That which makes God, God). In the New Testament it is translated from three Greek words: theios - divine, deity - meaning 1. Relating to God 2. Characteristic of God 3. ... Thayer defines the word translated "godliness" as meaning: "reverence, respect;" and comments, 1. "in the Bible everywhere piety toward God," 2. the mystery which is held by godliness and nourishes it, 1 Tim. 3:16;". UPC Question #8. "Has the Christian only one Heavenly Father? Yes, Matthew 23:9" The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism-UPC-60-questions-godhead.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... A Review of the Christian Missionary Alliance "Statement of Faith": The Christian Missionary Alliance is a denomination unique to Canada for the most part. It is very similar to Baptist with Wesleyan mix. They are classed among the "conservative Protestant" churches. Our examination reveals that only 6 of the 11 articles in the statement of Faith are true from the Bible, the other 5 are false doctrine. Article #1: correctly states the nature of God where Jesus is not a creature and the Holy Spirit is a person. They are Trinitarian and this is correct. Article #2: correctly states the nature of Christ being both uncreated God and man and the virgin birth and the second coming. ... Although the Christian Missionary Alliance church would argue that the creed merely teaches the Bible, in fact all church creeds make the same claim, yet they contain contradictory doctrines both between themselves and the Bible. All doctrine determined from central point like Roman Catholic faith: "The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive Quote: Trinitarian Leaves the false impression that ISBE reject trinity, that Jesus is a creature and that Trinity had no foundation in scripture, but is of pagan origin. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "In the earliest thinking of the Church the tendency when speaking of God the Father is to conceive of Him first, not as the Father of Jesus Christ, but as the source of all being. Hence God the Father is, as it were, God par excellence. To Him belong such descriptions as unoriginate, immortal, immutable, ineffable, invisible, and ingenerate. It is He who has made all things, including the very stuff of creation, out of nothing. . . . This might seem to suggest that the Father alone is properly God and the Son and Spirit are only secondarily so. Many early statements appear to support this." (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ISBE) What they fail to tell the same article also says: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-ISBE.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: 58 Triadic Bible Texts These triadic (patterns of threes) texts are arranged in the order they appear in the Bible. Click to View Analysis of Triadic passages showing interchangeability Click to View A refutation of Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals to this material. Click to View Use this material as an interactive Bible class in church! Analysis of Triadic Texts showing interchangeability of terms: Interchangeability of "love": Romans 5:5-6 love of God Christ died Holy Spirit who was given Jude 20-21 love of God ... Christians can easily make sense of the passage! So Isa 48:16 has YHWH sending another who is also YHWH. Of course Trinitarians know that all three members of the Godhead are called "YHWH". Anti-Trinitarians, can do no better than the Jews in explaining ... the dead! that the Messiah's kingdom is spiritual that the messiah was not going to conquer Rome in 30 AD during the triumphal entry In the same way, Old Testament writers introduced us to many doctrines that were revealed more fully in the New Testament. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-text-triadic.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses Flip Flop on Blood transfusions! We speak the truth in Love... Click to View As most of us know, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is continually changing their doctrines regarding acceptable/unacceptable conduct of their followers. This has been true in ... from the Christian congregation?" "The inspired Holy Scriptures answer yes." (The Watchtower, January 15, 1961, p. 63) "Firmly Resolved About Life And Blood " "Similarly, God's command to 'abstain from blood' rules out ingesting it by the mouth as well as through injections into the veins. ... He can mention that ancient Israelites were told that removed blood was to be 'poured out on the ground as water,' to show that it was for God and not to sustain the life of some earthly creature. (Deut. 12:24) And he can refer to ... In other words, The Watchtower is saying that "brief" storage is (in certain cases) acceptable. Consider the following quote: "Actually, the Biblical emphasis is not on the issue of continuous flow. Even aside from surgery, a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-blood.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: 2 Corinthians 13:14 and Philippians 2:1 ... if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. What the verse is saying: Three different things are given to Christians by three different persons of the Godhead. This verse is so powerful in proving the Holy Spirit is a person, that anti-Trinitarians are at a loss what to do with it! ... Abides 1 John 3:24 John 6:56 John 14:17 In you 1 Jn 4:4 2 Cor 13:5 1 Cor 6:19 In our heart Rom 5:5 Eph 3:17 2 Cor 1:22 Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #1 "There is only one God mentioned in the verse not three. Even if the ... Having said the above, we are honest enough to admit that the Greek word for fellowship can mean a sharing between persons through the medium of a thing. A Christian sharing with a non-Christian his faith. Christians sharing with one another and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-2corinthians13-14.htm

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The New World Translation: A corrupt sectarian paraphrase. 1666 ... Julius Mantey , author of A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament, calls the NWT "a shocking mistranslation." "Obsolete and incorrect." "It is neither scholarly nor reasonable to translate John 1:1 'The Word was a god.'" "I have never read any New Testament so badly translated as The Kingdom Interlinear ... Click to View We speak the truth in Love... Click to View Like the Mormon's Bible, the NWT was translated with help of the Holy Spirit: (inspiration) If you notice the very significant Watchtower quote below, they do not claim the translators knew Greek and Hebrew, only that they were "experienced" and "anointed". By experienced, they mean that they had been JW's for a long ... Genesis 1:2 "Spirit of God" changed to "God's active force." The revision modifies the original noun with a more impersonal form as the JWs reject the orthodox Christian belief in the personality of the Holy Spirit. Exodus 3:14 "I am" changed to "I shall prove to be." The revision clouds the connection ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm

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Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs What Anti-Trinitarians quote: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Edward Carpenter 1920 1996 "And when at the Council of Nicea (325 AD) it [the early church] endeavored to establish an official creed, the strife and bitterness only increased." "-the Nicean creed had nothing to ... "Those doctrines which we have described in the preceding chapters-doctrines of Sin and Sacrifice, a Saviour, the Eucharist, the Trinity, the Virgin-birth, and so forth-were in their various forms seething, so to speak, all around. It was impossible for any new religious ... To trace all these streams would of course be an impossible task; but it may be of use, as an example of the process, to take the case of some particular belief. Let us take the belief in the coming of a Saviour-god ; and this will be the more suitable as it is a belief which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Carpenter.htm

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Development of Trinity Doctrine from the Old to the New Testament They base this on a very bad interpretation of Proverbs 4:18. They use this "new light" excuse every time they find out they made another false prediction of the end of the world, or to explain why the watchtower Magazine once endorsed JW's actually celebrating Christmas! Now here is their hypocrisy: Jehovah's Witnesses believe that God, even in the 21st century, is revealing new doctrines, or clarifying old doctrines, that were not understood ... All the while, if they ever stopped to think, they would realize this is a satanic deception, illogical and utter hypocrisy! It is obvious that the Jews would reject the JW view of Jesus being "a god" (see Jn 10:33) as quickly as the Trinitarian view that Jesus was "THE ... The Septuagint was a translation in 250 BC from the Hebrew Old Testament by 70 scholars into Greek. They translated YHWH as LORD (Kurios). It was no mistake that the Holy Spirit Himself continued in this tradition in the New Testament. God ordained that YHWH would never ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development-old-testament.htm

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John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John (Translated ... Jesus never denied he was God. John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John; A new translation, from the original Latin, by the Rev. William Pringle How anti-Trinitarians quote the source Click to View "Regarding John 10:30, John Calvin (who was a Trinitarian) said in the book Commentary on the Gospel According to John: "The ancients made a wrong use of this passage to prove that Christ is . . . of the same essence with the Father. For Christ does not argue about the unity of substance, but about the agreement which he has with the Father."" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) ""Making Himself Equal to God"? The ancients made a wrong use of ... As true religion, in maintaining the glory of God, burns with its own zeal which the Spirit of God directs, so unbelief is the mother of rage, and the devil hurries on the wicked in such a manner, that they breathe nothing but slaughter. This result shows with what intention they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Calvin.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8 ... Therefore Jesus cannot be an angel, but we begotten at his resurrection as Acts 13:33 says, thereby fulfilling Ps 2:7. The self contradictory doctrine of the Watchtower has Jesus the creature, functioning as our co-creator (Jn 1:3; ... For I would not say that the dogma of that heresy which is said to be among you (The Jews had their own heresies which supplied many things to the Christian heresies) is true, or that the teachers of it can prove that [God] spoke to angels, or that the human frame was the workmanship of angels. But ... For with Him were always present the Word and Wisdom, the Son and the Spirit, by whom and in whom, freely and spontaneously, He made all things, to whom also He speaks, saying, "Let Us make man after Our image and likeness; " [Gen. ... Praxeas, Chapter XII. Other Quotations from Holy Scripture Adduced in Proof of the Plurality of Persons in the Godhead.) 200 AD Tertullian: Tertullian rejects the idea that God was speaking to Angels because our head is the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis1-26.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted doctrine of 20th century tongues, believe in another false doctrine known as "Latter Rain". 3. The idea is that the "early rain" was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of Pentecost and the "latter rain" is the supposed outpouring of the Holy ... practices tongues and "slain in the spirit" c. your preacher claims God talks and communicates with him. d. your church is Calvinistic and teaches the Holy Spirit must communicate directly to you and independent from the Bible in order to "let you know you are elect." ... Extra-Biblical, oral tradition doctrines are seen as equal to scripture itself. These churches are heavy users of creeds. In buffet style, they pick and choose which doctrines of the apostolic fathers they feel are authoritative, while rejecting others. b. Ecclesiastically Illuminated, Anti-Traditionalists, Creedalists: Jehovah's Witnesses, like Catholics believe only the leaders of the church (ie. the Governing Body who write the Watchtower magazine) can understand scripture. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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Official creed of the Salvation Army the "Doctrines" and follow the main outline of historic Christian teaching as derived from the Scripture. These beliefs have not essentially changed since the earliest days of the Army in England. It is required of officers of all ranks that their teaching, in public and private, shall conform to these eleven Articles of Faith. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice. We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship. We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead-the Father, the ... has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved. We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Salv-Army.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Isaiah 45:23-24 = Philippians 2:9-11 They will say of Me, 'Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And" all who were angry at Him shall be put to shame. Philippians 2:9-11: "Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in ... Further, Isaiah 45:23-24 is another example of the highest form of joint worship. Comments: Anti-Trinitarians know they are in trouble with this verse. First they deny Phil 2:9-11 is a quote of Isa 45:23-24. Next they will say that Phil 2:9-11 teaches that every knee will bow to the Father, not Jesus. Then, they flip-flop (often in the same article) and say that that it does apply to Jesus but that this is not the highest form of honor equal to what the Father would receive. Just as slaves bow to human masters, men bow to Jesus, but that makes neither divine! Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #1 Philippians 2:9-11 is not a quote of Isaiah ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-philippians9-11.htm

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William Smith: A Dictionary Of The Bible Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Misleading quote: trinitarian Smith does not believe that Jesus is a creature, for he openly states that Jesus is called "Jehovah". Plural of Majesty did not exist until after the entire Old Testament was completed meaning it is impossible for a poetic device to be used, when it did not exist! The first use of "plural of majesty" by the Jews was about 200 AD. Click for more on the "plural of majesty" argument. William Smith: A Dictionary Of The Bible Click to View How the Watchtower quoted the source: "The fanciful idea that [elo-him] referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of powers displayed by God.'" (William Smith: A Dictionary Of The Bible, p220; quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Smith.htm

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture It's just phenomena. It's just people responding to God.'" "There is no place in the Bible where people were lined up and Jesus or Paul or anyone else went along and tapped them on the head and watched them go down, one after another, and ... And so the model that we're seeing, either on stage or on television, is totally different from anything that's in Scripture." (John Wimber, "Spiritual Phenomena: Slain In The Spirit -- Part 1," Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Anaheim, CA, 1981, audiotape) Benny Hinn ... We appreciate and applaud Shirley A. Elenbaas for making this brave and rare attempt to justify the unbiblical manifestations seen throughout Pentecostalism! She is one of the first Pentecostals who have made an attempt to quote book chapter ... Such an appeal to history is in fact totally un-authoritative. The Roman Catholic church makes exactly the same appeal to history to substantiate its unbiblical doctrines and practices. The record of history proves that such manifestations ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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Official creed of The United Church of Canada and ultimate standard of Christian faith and life. We acknowledge the teaching of the great creeds of the ancient Church. We further maintain our allegiance to the evangelical doctrines of the Reformation, as set forth in common in the doctrinal standards adopted by the Presbyterian Church in Canada, by the Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec, and by the Methodist Church. We present the accompanying statement as a brief summary of our common faith and commend it to the studious attention of the members and adherents of the negotiating Churches, as in substance agreeable to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. 2.1 Article I. Of God. We believe in the one only living and true God, a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being and perfections; the Lord Almighty, who is love, most just in all His ways, most glorious in holiness, unsearchable in wisdom, plenteous in mercy, full of compassion, and abundant in goodness and truth. We worship Him in the unity of the Godhead ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-Can.htm

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Statistical Analysis of Quotes used to trash the Trinity in ... Click to View Satanic quoting practices exposed: "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower in: "Should You Believe in the Trinity"(Watchtower booklet) Type Of Quote Used by Watchtower (32 Total) Do they Say Trinity is Pagan? Do they accurately represent the authors meaning? Christianity Trashers and Modernists 8 (25%) Says trinity is of pagan origin, but also trashes either the whole of Christianity as pagan or some key doctrines like incarnation. Accurately quoted, but in Satanic deception, they don't ... Accurately quoted, but don't tell you the source is a Unitarian which is one of their own kind and amounts to self quoting! Non-Christian religions: Hindu, Jewish, Muslim (Muslim also included in Christianity Trashers) 3 (10%) "Trinity ... Accurately quoted, but draw incorrect conclusions and fail to inform reader that all three would label JW's as polytheists! (Jesus a created demi-god and Hindus for example have a "one true almighty God" over many lower demi-gods) Secular ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-statistical-review.htm

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Beliefs of the Quakers (Shaking Quakers, Shakers, Friends) Following are the doctrinal believes he and Friends until the schism believed in. Conservative or Wilburite Friends still hold this Faith today, therefore are the true Society of Friends. What some Quakers believe today: Doctrines: Of God: God is a Spirit (Jn 4:24). God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three in One, yet not three Gods but One (Jn ... One can also read George Fox's letter to the Governor of Barbados in 1671 where he states clearly what Quakers believe about God, the Scriptures, Salvation, etc. Written by: Themistoklis Papaioannou Affiliate member of O.Y.M. (Conservative) "Friends Christian Ministries" (Quakers). Documentation: Striking parallels exist ... Quakers, England. (Bloesch, II, 115-16; "Charismata," ERE, III, 370; Schaff, I, 114.) A group that emphasized spiritual experience and waited on the moving of the Spirit in their services. The early Quakers received their name because they literally "quaked" under the power of the Spirit. John Wimber began as a Quaker, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-quakers.htm

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"Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower Satanic Quoting practices exposed! Click to View "Hostile witness approach" misused by the Watchtower in: "Should You Believe in the Trinity"(Watchtower booklet) A quick short summary! Top Ten List: ... quote this guy with glee, because a fellow evolutionist had admitted a problem with evolution theology! Dr. Don Patton Ph.D. is both a master and a pioneer in using the "hostile witness" approach to debunk evolution theology that we all came from a blob in the sea over millions of years. Jehovah's Witnesses, have recognized the power of the "hostile witness" approach to debunking Trinitarian ... are themselves anti-Christian, Bible trashing, liberal, modernist agnostics and atheists! This is not the hostile witness at all! A hostile witness means that a fellow Trinitarian admits Trinity was borrowed from the Pagans. Had they been honest and said: "The scholar that says "Trinity is pagan", is not a Trinitarian. In fact he doesn't even believe the Bible and doesn't even believe in God... ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-hostile-witness-approach.htm

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Official creed of the Presbyterian Church ... Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word; and [PCUS that] there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and the government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed. [6.007] 7. ... of religion are to be determined, and all decress of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture. ... To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them. [6.013] 3. In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm

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A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... "Unity in the essentials - Liberty in the non-essentials - Charity in all things." Ten Articles of Faith The Bible as the written Word of God The Virgin Birth The Deity of Jesus the Christ The Person and work of the Holy Spirit The Trinity Salvation through the Atonement The guidance of our life through prayer The death and resurrection of Christ The return of the Saviour The millennial Reign of Christ We affirm that the above ten Articles of Faith is considered in CECC to be "The Essentials" and beyond these Articles of Faith there is no stress laid on believing and committing to other Christian doctrines. Anyone subscribing to these may become a member of the Body and Assembly of ... The 7 day creative act refers to the dateless past, and gives scope for all the geologic ages. And we believe in the fall of man in sin as opposed to evolution. Godhead (Trinity) We believe that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as God. We also believe that salvation is only through Jesus Christ who is the way ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm

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Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ... We believe the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:20,21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12,13). 2. THE GODHEAD We believe in one Triune God eternally existing in three persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-- co-eternal in ... We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word; which clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Romans 13:13,14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15). 8. THE TWO NATURES OF THE BELIEVER We ... These terms refer to that movement within evangelicalism characterized by a toleration of and a dialogue with theological liberalism. Its essence is seen in an emphasis upon the social application of the gospel and weak or unclear doctrines of: the inspiration of Scripture, biblical creationism, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-independant-fundamental-(IFCA).htm

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Biblical Subordination expressed by early Fathers and apologists ... Subordination Within The Godhead Biblical Subordination expressed by early Fathers and apologists: Most ancient Christians wrote about the fact that Christ was equal as a being, but subordinate in rank. Notice that they did not, as we should not, ... Jehovah's Witnesses are correct when they emphasize the subordination of Christ to the Father (in rank or power), but outright misrepresent history, when they say the early church viewed Jesus as a creature. It is not surprising that the Nicene ... For God, too, is a Spirit. Even when the ray is shot from the sun, it is still part of the parent mass; the sun will still be in the ray, because it is a ray of the sun-there is no division of substance, but merely an extension. Thus Christ is Spirit of Spirit, ... the Arian Controversy, who does not in some sense regard the Son as subordinate to the Father." (The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God, R. P. C. Hanson) "Arianism: Before Nicaea, Christian theology was almost universally subordinationist. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-fathers.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... over again," said Jim Penton, an ex-Witness who writes entries on Jehovah's Witnesses for the Encyclopedia Americana.) If the Watchtower organization rejects others calling them "inspired" yet the Watchtower organization does call themselves "God's Spirit-directed Prophet" what is the difference? Is there such a thing as an "uninspired prophet"? ... Since Jehovah's Witnesses appeal to Isa 43:12; 44:8 for scriptural support that they should be called, "Jehovah's Witnesses" then what was the "new name" prophesied in Isa 62:2? Can't be "Jehovah's Witnesses", for God already used it 20 chapters earlier. Could the new name be "Christian" after our savior "Christ"? Why would the name God gave to His ... Because JESUS gives us everlasting life (Jn 10:28), and so that JESUS will enter our house and be with us and give us the right to sit on his throne (Rev 3:20- 21). Do you pray to Jesus as Paul and the early Christians did (1Cor 1:2)? Do you partake of the flesh of Christ as Jesus commanded (Jn ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Early Christians were as smart as we are today ... No proof is offered to prove either malnutrition or that the minds of the majority of early Christians were crippled by malnutrition. The argument is as wrong as it is unsubstantiated. Orthodox and Catholic defenders quote James Burke, a British historian as proof of both malnutrition and crippled thinking ability: "Everything else was just something you ate with bread." Notice that Burke never says anything about malnutrition and certainly nothing about the mind of the early Christian ... Book V, Of the Spirit of Gluttony, Ch 23) Here we have dietary rules for monks called, "the ancient tradition of the fathers". This is a perfect example of how post apostolic man-made rules directly contradict the teaching of the New testament that says the Christian can eat anything he likes, common food or the food of kings, as long as it is accepted with prayer and thanksgiving. 1 Tim 4:1-4 actually calls John Cassian's diet rules, "doctrines of demons ... who advocate abstaining from foods". ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nutrition.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 5:18 "Another scripture offered as support for the Trinity is John 5:18. It says that the Jews (as at John 10:31-36) wanted to kill Jesus because "he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God." But who said that Jesus was making himself equal to God? Not Jesus. He defended himself against this false charge." (Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, "Should You Believe in the Trinity?") Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #1 refuted Jehovah's Witnesses know they are in deep trouble with this verse and resort to tricks. They imply that Jesus did not teach he was ... Five Additional texts: Text of Luke 13:10-17 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. 12 And when Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness." 13 And He laid His hands upon her; and immediately she was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john5-18.htm

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Biblical Subordination expressed by scholars Subordination Within The Godhead Biblical Subordination expressed by scholars: Pauline Writings, Summary: ... Without doubt Paul attributes full divinity to Jesus ... Though at times he presents the Son as in some sense subordinate to the Father, he ... Him a creature but always puts Him on the side of the creator. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p31) "Although the Spirit is distinguished from Christ and subordinated to him, it can be said in 1 Jn 2:1 that Christ is the Paraclete with the Father. All this underlines the point that primitive Christianity did not have an explicit doctrine of the Trinity such as was subsequently elaborated in the creeds of the early church." (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Brown, ... This original position, firm and manifest as it was, was able to maintain itself for a long time. 'All the great pre-Nicene theologians represented the subordination of the Logos to God." (The Formation of Christian Dogma, An Historical Study of its ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-scholars.htm

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Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD OF ENGLISH EXPLORERS IN THE SEARCH FOR KADESH-BARNEA THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY AN AMERICAN FOLLOWER IN THEIR TRACK AND ADMIRER OF THEIR SPIRIT AND WORK. CONTENTS. TITLE PAGE 1 DEDICATION 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION . 9 I. KADESH-BARNEA: ... ANCIENT REFERENCES TO IT OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE TEXT. (1.) IN THE EGYPTIAN RECORDS, 159. (2.) IN THE APOCRYPHA, 165. (3.) IN THE RABBINICAL WRITINGS, 167. (4.) IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN NAME LISTS, 178. IV. KADESH-BARNEA: LATER ATTEMPTS AT ITS IDENTIFYING. (1.) ... Its historical, its geographical, and its providential rela tions, as disclosed in the inspired record, are of no ordinary or mean degree. A study of Kadesh-barnea in its varied biblical associations involves a study of the story of God s peculiar ... Kadesh-barnea, with Rithmah, he located at its proper place, on the south of Palestine, half-way across to the Mediterranean. With this variety to choose from, it was easy for any one to quote Adrichomius in justification of a favorite site of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-henry-clay-trumbull-1884ad.htm

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Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... Saturday (Sabbath) or First day? What day did early Christians worship on??? The first day (Sunday) IS THE LORD'S DAY! Original Quotes on this page! The Historical Record! Christians always worshipped on the first day (Sunday) They ... that Sunday is the Christian Sabbath, as taught by most churches today. While Sabbatarians will quote 20th century authors who guess about what happened 1900 years earlier, we quote Christians whose writings are 1900 years old and spoke what they saw! The record of history, from the Resurrection of Christ, Christians have always worshipped on the first day of the week (Sunday) and never on the Sabbath (7th day). Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God requires all Christians ... And for all the things with which we are supplied we bless the Maker of all through his Son Jesus Christ and through his Holy Spirit. And on the day called Sunday there is a gathering together in the same place of all who live in a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

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Girdlestone, Robert Baker: Synonyms of the Old Testament Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Trinitarian Gives false impression that the majority of top scholars and the author adopt the "Plural of Majesty" view of Gen 1:26 Girdlestone, Robert Baker: Synonyms of the Old Testament How ... It is clear that the fact of the word Elohim being plural in form does not at all sanction polytheism - but we have now to consider whether it may fairly be taken as a testimony to the plurality of Persons in the Godhead. It is certainly marvelously ... Perhaps the idea unfolded in the plural form Elohim may be expressed more accurately by the word Godhead or Deity than by the word God; and there is certainly nothing unreasonable in the supposition that the name of the Deity was given to man in this ... This illustrates that JW's will use ANYTHING, even things they know is untrue and reject, to disprove Trinity and other Doctrines. Is this scholastic integrity? No, JW's call it "Theocratic war strategy"! They actually mislead the reader into ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Girdlestone.htm

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Official creed of the Wesleyan Church He added to Arminius' insights an emphasis on the assurance of salvation believers can enjoy through the inner "witness of the Spirit." He also taught about the entire sanctification of believers by which their hearts are made perfect in love for God and other persons. Wesleyans are convinced that the Bible is God's written Word and the final authority for all Christian beliefs and practices. Therefore, our statements of faith, which we call "Articles of Religion," seek to express only ... Christ-like love (always avoiding spousal or child abuse), and by living peacefully with one another, thereby encouraging the nurture and education of the children in the Christian faith so as to bring them early to the saving knowledge of Christ. ... principles only; and no minister or member should be excommunicated except for immorality, the propagation of unchristian doctrines, or for neglect of duties enjoined by the Word of God. 278. The pastoral or ministerial office and duties are of divine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The Heretics even quoted scripture! The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches use this silly argument to suggest that we cannot use the Bible alone to refute heretics, since they also quote scripture. Perhaps there is more truth to this ... Roman Catholic and Orthodox advocates deceptively mislead you into thinking that since the heretics also tried to prove their doctrines from the Bible, the church gave up on scriptural "proof texting" and won the battles by appealing to tradition. This view completely misrepresents history and the facts. Click here to learn why. "Proponents of sola Scriptura often point out that the early Church ... Yet it is certainly by these same words of God that we must come to understand the things of God." (Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, Book IV, 14) Click to View An amazing text that refutes the ... Notice he does not say, "we are the church, we have the Holy Spirit to guide our interpretation", but "as we understand it". He also says that the natural reading of scripture is enough. Why do the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-heretics-used-scripture.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) If Patriarchs and Prophets was the cornerstone of Adventist theology The Desire of Ages was the keystone in the arch of Adventist thinking and Christological views. In the preface of volume two (1877) of its forerunner, The Spirit of Prophecy, it was said: When the Publishers issued the first volume of this work, they felt that it supplied a want long realized by the Christian world, in illuminating a subject which is of great interest to the Christian mind, the relation of the son of God to the ... At other times in writing out what had been presented to her, Mother found such perfect descriptions of events and presentations of facts and doctrines written out in our denominational books, that she copied the words of these authorities. 12 ... Both men would take the high road in the report. Specht, while conceding that Hanna had been used by Ellen throughout both the early edition of The Spirit of Prophecy (volumes two and three) and the later edition of The Desire of Ages, concluded ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH6-Ellens-sources.htm

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Largest Audio/Video library of Pentecostal Manifestation Heresy ... Click to View Get the Real Player FREE [28.8 minimum connection required] "you've got PhD 'Permanent Head Damage' Listening to too many sermons. For 20 years I've preached 3 point sermons; nobody set free. Now I get drunk and ramble and God offends people to reveal their hearts." John Scotland The speaker for the evening (8-1-97) was John Scotland at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship TACF, who claims to have experienced spiritual drunkenness of the Holy Spirit for the last 3 ... Darrel Stott, from Seattle, Washington, was an Assemblies of God pastor who innocently took a trip, paid for by his father, to Toronto in early '95 and has never been the same. The intriguing part about Darrel was that although he was in a drunken daze, ... Rodney Howard-Browne is interpreting the tongues as he hears them. (Copeland says a little then waits for Browne to interpret) Amazingly Browne begins to quote 1 Corinthians 1:14 but completely applies this simple verse in a false way. Browne says, "Don't ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-audio-video-documentation.htm

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Neo-Sadduceeism (Acts 23:6-9) Refuted!!! Trademark false doctrines of Neo-Sadducees: Sadducees Doctrine Neo-Sadduceeian False doctrine Deny "spirit" Click to View Man has no soul being "monochotomous in nature" Click to View No conscious life after death Click to View Heaven is a literal restored "garden of Eden" on earth Click to View Hell is annihilation rather than eternal conscious torment Click to View Anti-Trinitarian (Even Ellen White & the SDA church was Click to View Arian/unitarian until about 1930 AD) Click to View The Holy Spirit doesn't exist, but is merely a personification of God's power Click to View The Devil doesn't exist, but is the personification of Sin Click to View Demons don't exist, but are personification of disease Click to View Jesus, being created by God, ceased ... Photo Gallery of heaven and hell Click to View Eternal Conscious Torment Click to View Taken directly from a Watchtower magazine, this picture is supposed to depict our eternal paradise. But this picture has 8 serious problems with ... ... https://www.bible.ca/neo-sadduceeism.htm

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Death is a separation of two things The question of death being an extinction was considered and rejected by virtually all early church fathers, as this quote from 177 AD proves: "Hereafter, that the Judgment Passed Upon Him May Be Just. ... Both of a Body and Soul) READ: More early Christians define death as a separation! Death means separation between two things: Introductory Summary: Physical death Eccl 12:7 body S E P A R A T E D soul spiritual death Isa 59:1-2 man God second death Rev 21:8; 22:14-15 man God dead to sin Rom 6:2,11; Heb 7:26 Christians Sin dead to law Rom 7:4 Christians law marriage dissolved by death 1 Cor 7:39 man woman Physical Death The separation of the body and soul Early Christians define death as a separation! Click to View Text Body Soul/Spirit Eccl 12;7 "the dust will return to the earth ... On judgement day these sinners will be in the presence of God or "spiritually alive" Those who had part of the first spiritual resurrection (the act of becoming a Christian) will never be spiritually ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-death=separation.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... My question to those with such an opinion is this - why would they who were so close to the apostles and living witnesses to them want to do such a thing? What benefit would be derived from excommunicating those who had a genuine supernatural gifting from the Spirit of Grace? It is evident ... The Sage Digital Library Collections: The Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 5 Edited by A. Roberts and J Donaldson To the Students of the Words, Works and Ways of God: SAGE Software Albany, OR USA Version 1.0 1996 All quotes below take from Sage Digital Library. Page quote from early fathers pg. 44 THE DRUIDS; PROGENITORS OF THEIR SYSTEM. And the Celtic Druids investigated to the very highest point the Pythagorean ... This shows that the established authority of Scripture must outweigh every other; for it derives new confirmation from the progress of events which happen, as Scripture proves, in fulfillment of the predictions made so long before their occurrence. 6. Are, then, your doctrines so manifestly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) It has been preserved by God to be the authoritative standard for every age and every life. II. The Trinity of the Godhead We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience. Gen. 1:26; ... We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, that He is God and has all the attributes of God. We also believe that He lives in all believers and that by His ministry every Christian is made to be part of God's eternal family, is marked off as truly God's possession, and is specifically and ... We further believe that whenever spiritual gifts are exercised, they will always be within the limits expressly given in the scriptures. We believe that speaking in tongues and the working of miracles were sign gifts demonstrated in the early church to authenticate God's revelation through the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" refuted Articles Of Faith Of The United Pentecostal Church International PREAMBLE WE BELIEVE the Bible to be inspired of God; the infallible Word of God. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). The Bible is the only God-given authority which man ... It is to be read and studied by all men everywhere, and can only be clearly understood by those who are anointed by the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27)."... no prophecy of the scripture is of any private ... "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). A Christian, to keep saved, must walk with God and keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21) and in the grace of ... That Jesus is coming again the second time in person, just as He went away, is clearly set forth by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was preached and taught in the early Christian church by the apostles; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989 What Anti-Trinitarians quote: A wide variety of quotes are used by anti-Trinitarians that are supposed to prove trinity is a false doctrine What they fail to tell the same article also says: Dunn rejects the deity of Christ: "So too the argument that Jesus is divine because he forgave sins ..." (Christology in the Making, James D. G. Dunn, 2nd edition, 1989, foreword, xxi) The first great Christological battle of the Christian period was ... In contrast, classic orthodoxy is that Jesus Christ is he whom the Word of God became in the incarnation. The mistake, or so it seems to me, is the equivalent of treating 'person' in the Trinitarian formula ('one substance, three persons') as 'person' in the sense that we now understand 'person', or, more to the point, in the way that ... We fell that attacking opposing views of Christology with the argument, "position X was borrowed from the pagans" is itself based on wholly invalid reasoning. This is why we want to expose the Watchtower claim that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dunn.htm

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What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ... CATHOLIC "We need not shrink from admitting that candles, like incense and lustral water, were commonly employed in pagan worship and the rites paid to the dead. But the Church, from a very early period, took them into her service, just as she adopted many other things indifferent in themselves, ... that they ought to be used in Christian worship? No; the whole spirit, soul, and genius of the Christian religion are against this; and those who know the Church of God best, and what constitutes its genuine spiritual state, know that these things have been introduced as a substitute for the life and power of religion; and that where they prevail most, there is least of the power of Christianity. ... "seventh German Thomo Lutheri"] Finally, a list attributed to Luther of superfluous things to be removed from churches: "des Römischen Abgott Baals feldzeichen" [Translation: "of the Roman idol Baal field sign"] Luther's list, dating back to 1597 AD is authentic, and the quote of Luther is valid! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-music.htm

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Welcome to the Hamilton church of Christ, in Ontario Canada The Holy Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the only complete record of God's will for man on earth. It is understandable by the common man by simply reading it. Contained in the pages of the New Testament is a complete record of the first century church. This is the church that Jesus Christ shed his blood for, the Apostles preached about and the early Christians were members of. Wouldn't ... Jesus likened the Bible to seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that it will produce exactly the same first century church every time. We are determined to be simply Christians. We have no ambition to be anything more and we cannot be content to be anything less. For this reason, we are not interested in man-made church doctrines but ... rather a return and restoration to the original church of the Bible. You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to any denomination bound by no denominational laws or obligations. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/churches/hamilton-church-of-christ.htm

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About who we are! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca The Holy Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the only complete record of God's will for man on earth. It is understandable by the common man by simply reading it. Contained in the pages of the New Testament is a complete record of the first century church. This is the church for which Jesus Christ shed his blood, about which the Apostles preached and the church in which the early ... We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that the seed will produce exactly the same "first century church" every time. We are determined to be simply Christians. We have no ambition to be anything more and we cannot be content to be anything less. For this reason, we are not interested in man-made church doctrines but only in the New Testament blueprint. With the Bible ... rather a return and restoration to the original church of the Bible. You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to any denomination bound by no denominational laws or obligations. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/seek-about.htm

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The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ... ... In 36 AD Apostle Paul (Saul) triggered the first great Christian Diaspora of with the stoning of Stephen: "Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they ... But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison." (Acts 8:1-3) b. During this early period, Christians began using Synagogues on the first day of the week, adopting the ... fitted together, is growing into a 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) C. In 2BC Jesus was born "when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son" (Gal 4:4) ... Moses clearly said that when the Messiah comes, that he would relinquish his authority to the Messiah and commanded all his followers to obey Christ in all things. e. Ancient papyrus documents found at Qum'ran quote Deut 18:18 in expectation of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gods-eternal-plan-purpose-providential-transition-from-Temple-to-Synagogue-to-Church-prophecy-fulfilled.htm

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Is Church Membership Essential to my salvation? ... As discussed earlier, membership in the church results as the believer obeys God's will: Thus we must ask, "But does this membership in the Lord's church commit the believer to meet with an earthly body, to carry out responsibilities to others, and to perform Christian duties which cannot be done alone?". To answer this question, we observe that Acts 2:42 records that the very first Christians continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrine. The teachings, or doctrines, of the apostles are found in the Pages of the New Testament: They have been recorded and transmitted to us so that we, also, can live toward God as did the early Christians. To answer this last question, let ... Some of these other duties are: Obey civil government (Rom. 13:1-4); bring forth fruit unto God (John 15:7-8); love and pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44-48). worship in Spirit and in Truth (John 4:23,24); remain unspotted by worldly things (Jas. 1:27); glorify God (I Cor. 6:19,20); and, be faithful until death ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-church-membership-essential.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... These 9 gifts have existed in both the Old and New Testament. All the patriarchs including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jacob directly communicated with God and functioned as prophets. Joseph saw dreams and was a prophet, Moses performed miracles, ... When you realize that full water immersion (baptism) was widely practiced every Sabbath before entering synagogues as early as 280 BC, it becomes natural for Jesus to employ baptism as a new metaphor for the same supernatural endowment ... The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 10:44-45) which simply cannot be anything BUT miraculous. 6. Stop overcomplicated a simple thing. The first century church was a miraculously "Spirit filled church". Every single Christian from AD 33 to 100 either personally possessed or ... Personal Indwelling of the Holy Spirit advocates who quote Jn 7:39 or Acts 5:32 as proof texts that the Holy Spirit is always given at Baptism/salvation, are inconsistent in their logic because they then go on to criticize a Baptist ... ... ...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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Why I left the Pentecostal church ... ... one did not have to come again to the "altar" to "seek for the infilling of the Holy Spirit", which was promised to believers, one did not have to "utter" confusion in an attempt to show one has the gift of "speaking in tongues." All one had to do was hear the simple word of truth, believe it, confess Christ as the Son of God, repent of ones sins, and be baptized into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for remission of sins. The Lord not only forgives completely but adds one to the church. This I did in obedience the following Sunday evening ... I became a "born again Christian." ... E. We find that in the early half of this century (1900 - 1944)... several Pentecostal groups were established: Two being ...Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ, Inc. and the Pentecostal church, ... Biblical miracles" are not evident today because they are no longer needed. Do not be misled by those who quote (Heb 13:8) .. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever" as authority ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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