@rjuel

Gidday and welcome.

Belief in the trinity is not essential for salvation. It is written nowhere in scripture. Salvation is simply living for God. Doing what he wants and declaring your faith.

The core message of the New Testament is that God sent his son into the world. Believe upon him and listen to him.

The Trinity Doctrine developed…[Read more]

Hi to all

Here is the Daily Devotional

 
WHAT WAS THE DISTRESSING SPIRIT FROM THE LORD THAT TROUBLED SAUL?
Because King Saul was no longer listening to the Lord (1 Samuel 15:26), Samuel—at God’s direction—anointed David as king in Saul’s place. Then “the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward” (1 Samuel 16:13). In verse 14, i…[Read more]

Hi Carmel

Do you have any Bible verses to prove that
1) In the BEGINNING, the name of the Son of God was Jesus
2) John the Baptist is Michael
Thanks

🙏

@Carmel,

Thank you for your response. The “not really” however confuses me. So in some aspect it does matter whether we believe in the trinity concerning our salvation?

DesireTruth

@ Carmel,

I realize I am joining this discussion late; however, the topic of the “trinity” has been one that has troubled me recently.

So I must begin by asking: do you believe our salvation is dependent upon believing the trinity?

No Not really! Read hereunder please.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only beg…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

You: What a BEGINNING?

Before or when our World WAS created?

Or the BEGINNING OF the incarnated  SON OF GOD?

Me: THE VERY BEGINNING BEFORE ANYTHING WAS EVER CREATED!

You: If 1 , the Son WAS NOT in the flesh but in the form of God, AND HIS NAME WAS NOT JESUS BUT ” THE WORD OF GOD”

He was in the flesh and His name was Jesus, BUT…[Read more]

@ Carmel,

I realize I am joining this discussion late; however, the topic of the “trinity” has been one that has troubled me recently.

So I must begin by asking: do you believe our salvation is dependent upon believing the trinity?

DesireTruth

Hi Carmel

Berean, God all-knowing, Jesus, was A SON OF MAN from the beginning, to be clear,….

Me

What a BIGINNING ?

Before or when our World WAS created?

Or the BIGINNING OF the incarnated  SON OF GOD ?

If 1 , the Son WAS NOT in the flesh but in the form of God, AND HIS NAME WAS NOT JESUS BUT ” THE WORD OF GOD” OR MICHAEL 👉…[Read more]

Hi to all

Here is the Daily Devotional
PERSEVERE (DESMOND DOSS)
After being drafted, Desmond Doss’ refusal to bear arms gave his commanders fits, and his fellow soldiers often used the meek misfit as a punching bag. He believed his Christian faith forbade the taking of lives and promoted their saving. He always kept his Bible close by but r…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

You: Of course the name of THE SON OF GOD “IN THE BEGINNING” was not Jesus, for Jesus is his name WHEN HE WAS MADE FLESH.

Berean, God all-knowing, Jesus, was A SON OF MAN from the beginning, to be clear,

THE EMBODIMENT OF GOD, THE ONLY IMAGE OF GOD, THE ONLY FORM AND SHAPE OF GOD; IN ONE GLORY WITH THE FATHER.UNKNOWN TO THE ENT…[Read more]

Hi Lu,

<span style=”color: #0000ff;”>You: Jesus did not inherit the nations until he returned to the Father </span>

<span style=”color: #0000ff;”>on the the day Psalms 2 refers to, the day of his resurrection.</span>

Me: THAT’S ONLY YOUR UNDERSTANDING! WITH EVERY RESPECT!

Psalm 2 DOES NOT REFER TO JESUS’INHEIRTANCE ON HIS…[Read more]

Hi Lu,

You: Jesus is not the Father.

Me: WHERE DID I EVER SAY THAT PLEASE?

But to make you sure of WHAT I BELIEVE, read please:

JESUS IS OUR FATHER AND GOD FROM THE HUMAN SIDE POINT OF VIEW AS MUCH AS GOD THE FATHER IS OUR FATHER FROM THE SPIRIT SIDE POINT OF VIEW. NO?

GOD, THE FATHER IS SPIRIT!

GOD, THE SON IS BOTH SPIRIT AND…[Read more]

Hi Lu,

You: Jesus was always perfect.

Me:  Read Lu what I posted please:

Now THE SON OF MAN who died on the cross was PERFECT and IN ONE INSTANT, He was both DEAD and in full GLORY as

THE ONLY TRUE  GOD ON EARTH!

On the other hand, THE SON OF MAN who resurrected was NOT PERFECT AS ONLY GOD IS PERFECT,

I NEVER SAID THAT JESUS IS NOT P…[Read more]

Hi Lu,

You: Jesus rose on the third day.

Me: Now read the scriptures hereunder please:

Mark 9:31  And he taught his disciple, and said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed,

he shall rise again the third day.

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly…[Read more]

The Father raised Jesus from the dead and gave him eternal life and many were a witness that the Word that was WITH God from the beginning was made true in the man Jesus.

This IS NOT written THAT Jesus had received ” eternal LIFE” when the Father raised Him BECAUSE

IN THE BIGINNING HE WAS GOD AND  👉John 1:4 “In him was life; and the life was…[Read more]

@t8

Hi Berean,

YOU:

Of course the name of THE SON OF GOD “IN THE BEGINNING” was not Jesus, for Jesus is his name WHEN HE WAS MADE FLESH.
BUT HIS NAME IN THE BEGINNING IS “THE WORD OF GOD”, BECAUSE IT IS HE WHO SPOKEN IN THE BEGINNING TO CREATE HEAVEN AND EARTH and all things.

John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing m…[Read more]

Hi to all

Here is the Daily Devotional

 
CAN I REALLY APPROACH GOD DIRECTLY EVEN IN MY TERRIBLE SINFUL CONDITION?
I once heard an old story about a young boy walking through a crowd toward a platform on which the President of the United States was seated. As the boy approached the stage, he moved toward a set of stairs that led directly to the…[Read more]

Being with the LORD is better than being here.

Anyway, I’m not a gambling man, but Isaac Newton puts the date around 2060. I think that sounds more reasonable to me.