Nick,

Yes, in Christ all are the people of God even though the practices of the Jews differ from those of the Gentiles. All are united in the Spirit of God.

Romans 16:17 ESV

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Isaiah 57:14…

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Nick,

Yes, in Christ all are the people of God even though the practices of the Jews differ from those of the Gentiles. All are united in the Spirit of God.

Romans 16:17 ESV / 42 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid…

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Nick,

That is what I stated.

Nick,

Yes, it does but its antisemitism still effects many and that is obstacle to their understanding.

miia,

Paul spoke of the struggles he has when in his head he knew the law but his humanity rebelled against that knowledge. It is only be receiving and walking by the Spirit that humanity is reconciled with the head.

The world defines Spiritual different that God. Take care not to follow their lead.

miia,

Paul spoke of the struggles he has when in his head he knew but his humanity rebelled against that knowledge. It is only be receiving and walking by the Spirit that humanity is reconciled with the head.

The world defines Spiritual different that God. Take care not to follow their lead.

Gene,

The whole world is not fooled by the Trinity. Islam is a dominate religion and its adherents do not hold that Jesus is God. The Catholic(i.e. Universal) religion of the future will be an inclusive religion so as to unite the kingdom of Baalzebub as much as possible. The Unitarian Universalist church would be a good candidate. It is a…[Read more]

@t8

I suspicion that changing the day from Saturday to Sunday is related to the reasons Jesus’ death and resurrection was changed from Passover to Easter. Looking at the later on Wikipedia’s article on Easter I found this:

The First Council of Nicaea (325) established two rules, independence of the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity,…

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Ed.

Actually I did some research and you are correct as Gentile essentially means a member of nations.

t8,

Perhaps I could have been more diplomatic and said “do not trust the conclusions of science”. Just because they claim two different types of creatures are different species does not make it true. For example the wolf species and dog species freely breed together and yet some scientists claim they are different species. I instead view them…[Read more]

AndrewAD,

You sound like a skeptic and not a believer.

There was a true sect of Judaism that became the true sect of Christianity when the new covenant was established. It is really only one religion that has entered the time of the new covenant. Isaiah, though of the true Jewish sect, was a Christian because he believe the Christ to come was…[Read more]

AndrewAD,

I hold Jesus Christ is King and is to be worshiped as such and not as God. The word worship has become a loaded word which many assume can be given to the one true God. In reality it is a generic word that covered hero worship and similar displays of adulation. It is a traditional Jewish viewpoint. The Trinity did not arise until…[Read more]

Here is a passage to consider.

Ezekiel 39New King James Version (NKJV)

39 “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; 2 and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mount…

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Ed,

The temple of the pagan triad set up on the temple mount would be a better historic candidate. It seems it was replaced by the temple of the one God that now sits there.

Ed,

Every false religion is an antichrist religion and you would have to go out of this world to avoid them.

Gene,

The point is that the circumstances do not dictate a persons actions as even when the circumstances are the same two different individuals can make two different choices.

If I am not addressing your point correctly then try to break it down and detail it.

Gene,

The choice is made based on circumstance of the case not caused. The line when a human, animal, or angel is involved is cause-choice-effect unless you consider choice part of the cause. For example, opportunity to betray Jesus – choice to betray Jesus – effect of betraying Jesus. If the choice is removed the the cause falls apart.

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Gene,

It sounds like you are confusing random choice with free choice. Random choice is that when a human comes to an intersection in the road (s)he has a chance of choosing either one while free choice means (s)he will choice based on his/her own judgement.

Of course you cannot predict what that human will choose unless you know their…[Read more]

Gene,

In every case Scripture shows that it is God Who is behind the scene of all circumstances that influence and cause a man to make the one and only choice possible under any given circumstance.

This is has nothing do with free will and yet it is one of the premises Ray Smith uses.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Minimally, to say…

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Nick,

Deductions based on Scripture can be flawed and yet Jesus used one to prove that the doctrine of Sadducees was wrong. If a teaching is not valid or sound it is not from God. That does not mean that all teachings that are both valid and sound are from God. Jesus’ argument proved the Saducees conclusion that there is no resurrection…[Read more]