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    Hi Irene and Georg,I'll be praying for you two. Georg, your close walk with the Lord has been your best preparation for this trial you are facing. Many people have fought that fight and have come out victorious. Keep your mind on Christ. Phil 4:8-98 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,…[Read more]

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    Adam,Thank you for your response.The Son of God is not another God that is the source of all things good. He is the very Son of that God though, the only begotten son, God of God, and is credited with being the one who laid the foundation of the earth.Heb 1:8-128 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS…[Read more]

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    Nick,To not overwhelm the reader. I have included enough to show an important message. LU

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    Hi all,I think that Jesus would have spoken to a gay person in much the same way that He spoke to this Samaritan woman who was living with a man outside of the covenant of marriage.John 4:7-267 The Woman of Samaria There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to…[Read more]

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    Hello Gollamudi,Yes, I understand that you can't see my perspective. Be that as it is. I would really like to know your thoughts after a good long look at these verses, pay particular attention to what the speaker says about Himself in v. 16:Who would you say is the “I” in this passage:Isa 48:12-1612 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I…[Read more]

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    Hi Stuart,Quote How did the death of any christian martyr ‘benefit man’? How is dying for a cause an indicator of truth of that cause?You asked how the death of any christian martyr benefit man. There was a man named Jim Elliot and his purpose was to evangelize Ecuador's Quichua Indians who killed him and one of the results of that action led…[Read more]

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    Hi WJ,Quote The contention is in whether the name YHWH is exclusive to the most high God.Thank you for your time given me once again. You are right in that I am not contending that Jesus was called Yahweh. I believe He was. I still believe that it was a name given Him and I believe that Jesus is the only begotten God. Therefore, it would be…[Read more]

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    Hi Stu,Thank you for your response.In response to “who saw it?” It was a requirement to have been a witness of the resurrection and to have followed Jesus in order to replace Judas as an apostle. It is written here:Acts 1:21-2621 “Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out…[Read more]

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    Hi Mandy,I was wanted to tell youthe same thing:D Soon hopefully,Love,K

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    Hi Nick,Yes, He was a man and walked among men since Mary. However, He existed before that as God's Holy One, the First and the Last who founded the earth and spread out the heavens and acted as His Father's messenger and whatever else.LU

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    Nick,I make a distinction between the Most High God and the Son who is our Great God and Savior in 2 Peter 1:1. I think that our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ can be in appearance as a man, but not the Most High God.LU

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    Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 18 2008,08:21)Quote (t8 @ Sep. 18 2008,05:47)Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 18 2008,15:10)Hi Nick,Surely you have something more than that to offer. Are angels referred to AS Yahweh ever? Can you offer any unambiguous scripture to support your opinion that an angel is referred to as Yahweh? A being referred to as Yahweh is not the…[Read more]

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    Quote (t8 @ Sep. 18 2008,05:47)Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 18 2008,15:10)Hi Nick,Surely you have something more than that to offer. Are angels referred to AS Yahweh ever? Can you offer any unambiguous scripture to support your opinion that an angel is referred to as Yahweh? A being referred to as Yahweh is not the same as a being merely representing…[Read more]

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    Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 17 2008,23:19)Hi LU, God is God.Many have thought they have seen or heard God when they saw angels working and speaking in His name.Nick,Jesus is called theos, the monogenes theos and His right hand laid the foundation of the earth. His Father is the Most High Theos and His Son is the monogenes Theos. LU

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    Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 17 2008,21:32)Hi LU,Thank you for your opinion.Opinions are sometimes incorrect no matter how firmly clung to. The angel of God often spoke for God.Hi Nick,Surely you have something more than that to offer. Are angels referred to AS Yahweh ever? Can you offer any unambiguous scripture to support your opinion that an angel…[Read more]

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    Hello Irene and Mandy,All these family concerns are very heavy on you both and I am so sorry that you have to bear these burdens. Take one day at a time and fix your hope on the Lord. My prayers are with you both.Love, Kathi

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    Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 17 2008,18:59)Hi LU, To your eye?Hi Nick,Is this your way of saying that you have no insightful, scriptural explanation to the subject?I welcome any scripturally based insight anyone might have.LU

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    Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 17 2008,17:44)Hi LU,So when God's servants speak as God they become that God??Quote Posted: Sep. 17 2008,15:54 Hi again WJ,I know that you realize that Jesus was called Yahweh in the OT but I believe His is not the only one.I believe that I can show that two are called Yahweh.Here we have Yahweh (LORD) having a chat…[Read more]

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    Hi again WJ,I know that you realize that Jesus was called Yahweh in the OT but I believe His is not the only one.I believe that I can show that two are called Yahweh.Here we have Yahweh (LORD) having a chat with Moses and telling him that He did not make His name “Yahweh” (LORD) known to Abe, Is, or Jac:Ex 6:2-32 God also said to Moses, “I am the…[Read more]

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    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Sep. 16 2008,18:25)Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 17 2008,06:54)Hi WJ,Thanks!  The Son was given the name of His Father, that does not make them equal or co-eternal.  The Son has a mighty role indeed in the OT I think.LUHi LUCan you give me a scripture that says the Father gave Yeshua his name “YHWH”? ???Yeshua is spoken of as Y…[Read more]

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