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    Hi Nick,

    Perhaps you have one definition of the word “person” and I have another. I understand God as a person because He describes Himself as having a mind, will, and emotions, and the ability to create. He also speaks in a first person manner and uses personal pronouns when referring to Himself. Maybe your definition is more specific to…[Read more]

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    Nick you seem to accept that there is one God the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ and you seem to understand them to be two persons, not one. The OT tells us that Jehovah is both God and Lord…that is two persons, one God and one Lord. The one God is not God apart from the one Lord and the one Lord is not Lord apart from the one God. The two…[Read more]

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    Hi Nick,

    I understand 2 Cor 5:19 as Jehovah, God of gods (the Father) was reconciling us to Himself through the work of Jehovah, Lord of lords, His Son, who emptied Himself and took on flesh, became man, completed His mission which He was sent to do, fulfilling the prophecies concerning the Messiah so that we could be reconciled to Him.

    I…[Read more]

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    I agree with you Anna, it can’t be both flat and round. Welcome to HN!

    Blessings, LU

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    Hi Nick,

    Jehovah our Righteousness, the Lord of lords did enter into His creation and become a man. It is truly amazing to think about how much He and His Father care for us. You deny this and miss out on so much, Nick. Ask Jehovah to show you if Jesus is Jehovah our Righteousness, the Lord of lords or not. Ask with an open heart and let the Spirit speak.

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    Hi miia, glad to know that you are doing better…

    Blessings, LU

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    Hi Nick,

    You said:

    ”In order to be born one must exist beforehand”

    Yes most people exist for up to nine months before their birth.

    What deep spiritual understanding have you come to by making this statement?

    Good question. Realizing that the word “firstborn” does not at all mean “first created” helps JW’s to see that they cannot use the ver…[Read more]

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    Hi Gene,

    Thanks for the peace and love! Jesus is active as the Word of the LORD before his birth on the earth.

    God bless!

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    Hi Mike,

    Yes, that we do agree on the fact that Jesus wasn’t the firstborn calf. I don’t have any problem with Jesus being the firstborn and only born god/God. As I have stated many times, in order to be born, one must exist beforehand. The Son of God existed before He was born of God the Father. All those other gods you write about were created…[Read more]

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    Hi Nick,

    Of course we look to the Spirit to teach us. I agree with you. That is exactly what I did when I wanted to know what Col. 1:15 meant.

    I asked the LORD that question in the middle of December 1992 after being challenged by some JW’s who came knocking at my door and asked me about that phrase “firstborn of all creation.” I was determined…[Read more]

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    @mikeboll64

    Mike, Mike, Mike…you are so not done here. We need to go through Col. 1:15 some more! The firstborn of every creature would be the first born offspring of each creature. In other words,  the first baby calf born to the mommy and daddy cows, the first baby child born to the mommy and daddy humans, the first baby colt born to the…[Read more]

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    Lightenup posted a new activity comment 8 years ago

    Hello Nick,
    Life is great. Thanks for asking. I’m a grandmother of two now and have 2 out of 5 kids married. I’m enjoying this time in life very much. How are you doing? Are you still singing in the quartet and growing grapes? How is Paul and his family doing?

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    Well hello all ya’ll, nice to see some familiar people from the past days when we spent hours and hours digging into God’s Word here! Glad that this thread is getting some recent action and showing up in my email. Those days were intense at times and also very enlightening and sometimes even very disappointing. I love what I learned from all that…[Read more]

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    3. For the Creator of the world is truly the Word of God: and this is our Lord, who in the last times was made man, existing in this world, and who in an invisible manner contains all things created, and is inherent in the entire creation, since the Word of God governs and arranges all
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    things; and therefore He came to His own in a visible4612…[Read more]

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    @t8

    you said:

    The logos is an attribute of God and like all attributes, they are part of God and always have been and always will be. He changes not.

    My response:

    So, within your last few posts you have said that the logos is a part of God and has always been a part of God and has always been in unity with God. Is that correct? Please answer…[Read more]

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    @t8

    you said:

    The Word was with God. When you are with God, that generally means you are for him, in unity with him, agree with him, but it never means you are him.

    T8, please answer this question:

    Do you believe that God ALWAYS had His Word or was there a time when the Word was not?

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    Lightenup replied to the topic Proclaimer vs Lightenup in the forum Debates 9 years ago

    t8, you asked:

    Scripture and verse please.

    I already told you that you will find that the Word was the eternal life that was with the Father from the beginning in 1 John 1:1-3.

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    Lightenup replied to the topic Proclaimer vs Lightenup in the forum Debates 9 years ago

    t8 you said:

    This notion of yours suggests two Gods side by side and in unity. Two sources because they both existed together with them not ever not existing together. But for us, there is one God the Father. That is what we/us fundamentally believe. Your religion on who the one true God is different to what we believe. You have a different gospel…

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    Lightenup replied to the topic Proclaimer vs Lightenup in the forum Debates 9 years ago

    t8, you said: From the first fire another was produced.

    This is not taught in the Bible and I don’t think that church father teaches this either. I don’t think you understand what they are saying about this. You have missed the meaning if you think that the Word was a first work. The begetting of the word was the first work. The Word already was…[Read more]

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    Lightenup replied to the topic The Unity of God in the forum Truth or Tradition 9 years ago

    And here is part 2 of the series…

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