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Is your stance that the Father is the "I AM"? Is Jehovah God the Father?

I think you should read this article: https://thefishersofmen.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/the-mystery-of-the-godhead/

Disclaimer: I do not agree with the OP That being said: John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. John 14:28 Ye...

The reason is that's what they meant. In the same verse, the word "saints" is "hagios" in Greek. Hagios was also translated "thing" and "One" in other verses. The reason they translated it to "saints" in THIS verse is because that's what it means. The reason it is translated "deacon" is...

The difference is all that you are referring to is OT law. Everything that we do not follow now is because it was a shadow of Christ, and has thus been fulfilled. The fact that there were no woman teachers was carried on into the New Testament Church.

There is a reason that it was not translated "deaconess."

First of all, the Bible does not say that Priscilla taught. It said that Aquilla and Priscilla taught. It is not definitive that she did any teaching. The woman at the well did not teach the Word, she just told them that she saw the Messiah. Satan deceived Eve by making her doubt God's Word...

The OP asked or any Biblical evidence for women preachers or teachers. There is none, end of story. If you support a woman preacher/teacher, then you do so outside of the authority of the Bible. We are not to lean upon our own understanding, which leans towards carnal, human sympathy to judge...

Absolutely none of which are ever recorded as being a preacher or a teacher of the Word.

Where is that in the scriptures? In the Old Testament there was an offering me for the sins of ignorance... that would be called adding to the scriptures, sir. Do you really think Paul knew he was sinning when he was persecuting the believers? He thought that they were heretics, and that he was...

You also have this, though: Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. You must balance scripture with...

Could you elaborate? I am unsure where YOU are going. Lol

If that is what you think, then you have a contradiction of scripture, because the saints will not be judged. Notice it says that they shall go INTO eternal life, the believer already HAS eternal life. There is a distinction. Joh_3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have...

Yes, definitely. But Jesus didn't tell everyone who saw Him to "follow me." He did to Peter as told in Matt. If we are the vehicle of that call, it is not us doing it, but Christ IN us.

****Disclaimer: I am not catholic, nor do I uphold any catholic dogmas or traditions as many protestants do. That being said, the scripture does not say they are HIS sheep. For one, the word "his" was added by the writers, trying to help with the understanding. It was not in the original text...

Matthew 4:18-20 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed...

I believe a Christian's experience should line up with scripture. We are told at least 4 times that "many believed" Jesus in the book of John. After Jesus started preaching the Word, and they couldn't understand it, all of those many left. The only ones that stayed with Jesus are the ones that...

If you came to Christ, then something isn't right. The disciples didn't "go to" Christ, He went to them. "We haven't chosen Him, He has chosen us." Personally, Christ came to me just like he came to the disciples. I was on my couch, not looking for Him, not even thinking about Him when...

And if you DO know Him, and you Do love Him, you will do what He asks.

The OP was not stating that works are required for salvation, but that they are a natural result of salvation. Therefore your response of "The question in the OP wa debated and answered during the Reformation. I side with Luther: Faith Alone," as well as your other comments, would seem to show...