Hi Brian,
you said:

Meditation is about focusing on absolutely nothing at all for the purpose of anchoring a person in their body and in the present moment.

That seems like a contradiction of thought…allow me to paraphrase so you can see how I perceived your definition of meditation -focus on nothing at the same time focus on…[Read more]

@Brian

Amen to these good words of yours:

When a person says “Yes” to someone’s request, but they really don’t want to say yes, they’ve just said “No” in their heart, but then acted against their true nature by saying “Yes.” It’s peer pressure. Happens all the time with us. So, when we can say “no” in our heart and “no” with our mouths to…

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@kerwin,

Great, I appreciate your willingness to consider another view. It is refreshing.

Nick,

I rely on the entire scriptures and they agree with a right worship of the Father and Son as those who are due the glory and dominion over all creation for ever and ever. I have used many verses over the years here as ‘witness’ to this. Thanks for asking though.

@t8

The only true God, the Father, has a part of Him that is just like Him as offsprings always are. Hebrew names, from what I understand, reflect some significant character, feature, or purpose from what I have read and the name Jehovah reflects a state of being…an always existent state of being and that sets Him apart from all created beings…[Read more]

@t8

The only true God, the Father, has a part of Him that is just like Him as offsprings always are. Hebrew names, from what I understand, reflect some significant character, feature, or purpose from what I have read and the name Jehovah reflects a state of being…an always existent state of being and that sets Him apart from all created beings…[Read more]

Hi Brian,

Thank you for your gentle approach here, it is much needed! What you are writing about regarding the Presence Process sounds like developing a practice of meditating on God, His word and His love. Is that correct? I don’t think that can be wrong as long as our mind’s eye is on Him in truth. I don’t see how it would be good to be…[Read more]

@NickHassan
The Word that was with God was a person, the person of Jesus-the Only begotten Son who much later became a man. He wasn’t always a man. You would do well to be able to discern between all who are called theos and make a distinction between who has dominion over all creation and who does not. Rev 5 tells you that two have dominion over…[Read more]

@NickHassan

you said:

The Lord God of Israel is the Lord of the angelic hosts in the OT.

The anointed man from Nazareth is now given this authority.

Jehovah is the Lord God of Israel and Jehovah is both the God of gods and the Lord of lords. Jesus is the theos who is the Lord of lords. The Father is the theos who is the God of gods.

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@kerwin
Did you see in the Isaiah 8 passage that Jehovah is speaking of Jehovah of hosts as if He is someone else other than Himself? The other person that Jehovah calls Jehovah of hosts is the stone of offense, not faith. Peter ties that stone to be Jesus, not faith. In both passages, the subject is a person that is the stone, not faith.

@kerwin

Great, give it consideration. This understanding is common among Christians throughout Christendom.

@terraricca,

Is the ruler not a ruler if he is standing? He is only a ruler if he is sitting? hogwash

Hi Kerwin,

You see Jesus just as a created man. I see Jesus as being God with God from the beginning. The Father through the Son created all things INCLUDING ALL AUTHORITIES. The benefit of having the Father and the Son as the full protective authority was severed by man’s free will to choose to make other authorities and mankind was severed from…[Read more]

Hi Kerwin,

Thank you for your question.

From what I understand, Jesus is the only begotten God as Jehovah of Hosts which is someone other than Jehovah in the context of Isaiah 8:12-15 which Peter refers to.

Isaiah 8:12-15
11 Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 Say ye…[Read more]

@t8

Please show me the contexts where each person/persons that you claim is called theos and I will be better able to tell you to whom they are theos of. You can do that one person at a time if you like. I am really interested in seeing if you can back up your claims here.

Thanks, t8. I know your time is valuable too. This is an important…[Read more]

@NickHassan

Why do you ask that?

@terraricca

Your answer denies the dominion of the Lamb over all creation. Your argument is with scripture, not with me.

@NickHassan
you say:

But he is not our God

Your Jesus is a created being which leads you to the conclusion that he is not your god. If that were true, that Jesus was merely a created being, you would do well because we are not to worship the creation but instead we are to worship the creator.

The Jesus I believe in is Jehovah of hosts from…[Read more]

@NickHassan
you asked:

Jesus went to His God and our God. Jn 20.17

Who did he ascend to?

The God we call our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ ascended to the God we call God, our Father.

@NickHassan

you said:

We worship one God the Father.

Not those who are WITH HIM.

You will sooner or later worship the God whom is called our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ along with God the Father. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God the Father.