My friend Kerwin,

I could be wrong, but are you saying this passage is not a part of the gospel but a resonating teaching that lingered from his time as a Pharisee? It is my belief that all scripture in this book God has given to us is inspired and all gives us direction.

Camillia

Haha no, no, not Russian. Anastas means resurrection, and because of resurrection I ve been given hope; for once I was for once I was dead, but now alive.

That is a very good point and I totally agree with what you say. I did not mean to say the Gentiles are not loved by God; only that the Jews, being the ones that God chose to show…[Read more]

Kerwin,

I find it strange how you rather not take Paul’s words without old testament reaffirmation. Paul’s words are inspired, taught from Christ himself Galatians 1:12 and so can stand on their own. Paul says:

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of man. For…[Read more]

Camillia,

Why do you take offence at what I said? Do we not all have crosses to bear? Have I called you names? If you serve Christ then you are my sister. If one is commanded to live in submission to another by God, here (how God has things in the time to come is his choice), then that one should do it; not for the sake of a man who is nothing,…[Read more]

Kerwin,

The point was not to debate if God was male or not, as we all know that he possesses both feminine and masculine qualities the same way any man or woman does. God is who he is. However, he has called himself “Father” and “King”, not “mother” or “queen”. It is written in corinthians 11:7 that men are made in the image of God, and women in…[Read more]

Princess,

You assume gender matters to me. I do not call him “him” because I want it, but because it is how God has shown himself as in scripture. I would say, “I would be honoured to teach you what God has given me” then I would say “first of all God has showed himself as a he, and therefore, we would be foolish to call him what he did not say…[Read more]

Princess

My God does not belong to me, but I to him and he is the same one whom we all belong to whether we accept him and the one he sent or not. My God and Father is the same as my Christ`s God and Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel… And no problem, God wishes none to perish and neither do I.

Do you profess a different God than me?

Princess

It seems like you have chosen to pick and chose what parts of the bible you like and what parts you don’t. What a shame. It is written that if we have food and clothing that we should be content; that we should not want. We are told not to live for this world but for the world to come. If God has chosen men to be the head of women here,…[Read more]

Kerwin,

It would be extremely difficult to debate a gnostic who believes the old testament’s God is Satan, himself. Wicked and puffed up servants are they who put their faith, not in the teachings of the scriptures, but of their own understanding.

Its a shame that this thread was intended to show who the Word was before he became flesh, but inst…[Read more]

Every Christian in the world would say that he believes in Christ, that he has the light, and the Spirit. But we also know that many brothers who profess Christ, only do so with lips only. Christ said in the day of judgment, “many will come to me and say, Lord, Lord, have we not performed miracles, and prophesied in your name? and I will say to th…[Read more]

Quote (bodhitharta @ Aug. 26 2012,12:24)1. God does provide2. “Muslims” Inclusively do not believe it was Ishmael rather than Isaac the Quran does not specify, however we do know that the Jews chamged certain things in the scriptures such as calling Isaac Abraham's only begotten son: Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up…[Read more]

Then use the technique back at him to show the futility of a debate done in such a way. OR be the bigger man and answer the questions he poses to you one by one. Often when one is losing at anything, one will start to look for excuses. “I ain't wrong… they just cheatin”

I find it somewhat entertaining the way bod skirts the issues. It must be so easy to argue against and deny something when the material you use to defend yourself is the same material you declare as corrupted. You can say, “the part that I take is from God, but the scripture you use is not.” Even when both pieces of scripture comes from the same…[Read more]

Quote (princess @ July 16 2013,21:05)Hello T, hope all is well. What do you think intelligence is? What does T8 think it is? Kerwin? We all have different outlooks on what intelligence is. Now by the majority is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. What is knowledge? Survival? Knowing to look both ways before crossing the street?…[Read more]

I do not believe it is wise to think you are ever saved until the judgment of Christ is given. The fact is, if you asked any mormon, universal unitarian, or any other extremely backwards liberal christian group you will hear them testify of their salvation, as well… their guarantee of life in Christ. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.…[Read more]