Gene,

You are confusing the symbol of a rock used in one passage with the same symbol used in another.

God is the rock of the people before and after Jesus’ church came to be. There was no reason to lay that foundation again in order to build the church. Peter expressed his faith the Jesus is the Christ, the chief Son of the Living God.…[Read more]

AndrewAD,

It does not say that Jesus is separate from sinners but rather that he came to save sinners.

Two corrections.

1) Sorry about missing that mistype and so misspelling your name.

2) My memory is poor and the search I did of the NET may have failed so I may be wrong. If you know of such a passage please give its address and the…[Read more]

AndrewaAD,

It does not say that Jesus is separate from sinners but rather that he came to save sinners.

Not all Christians follow the true gospel nor are those that do all fully mature in Christ.

Those that are fully mature have learned how to live by the Spirit and not by flesh at all times.

AndrewAD,

Sorry about my poor grammar practices in using in using the word “you”.

AndrewAD,

I asked you to explain what you meant because I was hoping you did not mean what you sounded like you were saying,

If you read Acts then you know the apostles immersed people in water and in doing so they were neither adding of subtracting from gospels as Christians hold them to be true witnesses.

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Andrew,

Jesus is the one who teaches Christ to obey his words not me.

John 12:47-50New English Translation (NET Bible)

47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have…

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AndrewAD,

He saves those humans that will be saved because he himself is human and so revealed that by faith a human being can do all that is right despite being tempted by evil.

t8,

1) Jesus is the union/combination of flesh and word;
2) Jesus is the flesh and the word was in him;
3) Jesus was the word that was with God, but came in the flesh for our sake;
4) None of the above.

I am sorry but I do understand your question correctly as 1,2, and 3 sound paraphrases of one another.

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t8,

Unless the “he” in John 1:10 is John the Baptist then their is no evidence beyond the opinion of a number of translators that the correct English pronoun is he. There is no actual Koine Greek pronoun behind the “he” and the one that is behind the “him” in “created by him” does not go with the noun “light” in verse 9 as the Koine word…[Read more]

miia,

If you know that is their response then praying is about all you can do.

AndrewAd,

What?

You sound like you are equating the gospel to the Law of Moses.

If you do not follow the letter of the gospel then you are following another gospel and Scripture does not speak kindly of those that teach another gospel.

942767,

It is a stronger argument considering the words if the Lord’s prayer but it does literally state to ask forgiveness from God.

I see no reason not to ask but from what I have learned so far there are more important things and even when a person asks God forgiveness it needs to be accompanied by godly sorrow.

942767,

I am not sure who you are talking to but I assume confession and repentance are linked.

John appears to be using it in then sense of “to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one’s life for the better” which is a definition of repent. The Koine Greek word behind is means “to voice the same conclusion” according…[Read more]

Miaa,

A mature Christian listens to a rebuke but the wicked strike back. Few of those that claim to be Christians are Christs for many are they that seek to enter through the wide gate. It is a judgement call on how to handle another’s sin.

Gene,

Not all people hunger and thirst for righteousness though God created us all. Those that don’t seek to be fed will not be. Some rejected the food offered that day and some later left the table before they obtained the righteousness of God. God is our creator.

AndrewAd,

But was Christ really tempted by the father of lies? or did Satan just attempt to tempt him? and this was only orchestrated for our instruction?

He was really tempted and for our benefit for he later said:

John 16:33Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In…

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Tony M.

This was my thinking that first got me to question the trinity. If Jesus was God then how could he have been tempted by Satan because no matter what test Satan brought against him there would be no way that he could’ve given in to temptation. That would make it no actual test at all.

That is where some Trinitarians invent the idea t…[Read more]

to all,

Rock is a symbol and like any other symbol it can be used in multiple instances to mean multiple things. Claiming that because the symbol rock means one thing in one passage means it has to mean the same thing in another passage is flawed reasoning. Scripture is not based on flawed reasoning as Jesus did not lie when he stated Scripture…[Read more]

miia,

I really do not know. All I can advise others is to be careful.

t8,

Please explain why it is written that God made all things through him and for him with no reference to the Word in those particular verses.

You are speaking of the passage from Colossians 1 that speaks of the word that is flesh. At that time Paul is address the union that contains both the human Jesus and the word of God.

Considering…[Read more]