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Recent content by PerrySB

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    How sinles must I be in order to be perfect?

    Wow, that is the million dollar question. How can any of us answer that, personally I think we need to wait till we get there to find out.
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    How sinles must I be in order to be perfect?

    This is interesting and I think she was exactly correct. However remember how Paul struggled with the battle between the flesh and the spirit. His spirit was in alignment with God’s will, his flesh though fought against it. I believe our basic personality (character) will remain the...
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    I just keep looking in.

    Thank you so much for your insights. One of my favorite books is “Grace Awakening” I have been involved with several denominations until a retired Nazarene pastor friend made a comment to me after a lengthy discussion about sanctification. He said “the reality is if we love God...
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    I just keep looking in.

    Very true, I’m not a vegetarian but do eat very little meat, prefer fresh veggies and fruit. My point was that many people are killing themselves with what they eat and the quantity of food. I even have a glass of wine occasionally, I figure if Jesus turned the water into wine it must be...
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    I just keep looking in.

    I don’t know why I keep coming back to follow Adventist threads. I have the utmost respect for anyone who loves our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I don’t come to debate beliefs or look for flaws but just to observe. I was raised SDA and was sent so SDA schools, (Monterey Bay Academy) in the...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    I think there was a lot left out of the original cannon. If I’m not mistaken they had around three hundred documents to be considered, now what does bother me a little those documents that were rejected should have at least been available for others to read and evaluate for themselves. This...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    Hey Chadwickboy thanks for the book recommendation. Elaine Pagels book the "The Gnostic Gospels" is really interesting to say the least.
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    If you are seeking evidence from the original cannon you won’t find it. However if you read Paul’s writings found in the Nag Hammabi writings you can certainly see it. You can also see that he was in the spirit (out of body experience) when he was caught up into the various levels of...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    I do appreciate your response and I’m also aware of their early beliefs in two separate gods, and there beliefs that parallel the Buddhist beliefs. I after reading the entire Nag Hammabi writings that have been translated I realized that they believed in an "unnamable god" if you will...
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    The Antimasonic Propaganda Machine

    Oh come now that should be pretty easy to understand, many fundamentalist are afraid of anything they don’t understand and consider anyone that doesn’t dance to their drummer out of the game. Lets face it you have Baptist that can’t stand Pentecostals and Catholics that don’t like anybody, and...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    Regarding struggles against sin is dealt with pretty clearly in 1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    I find this very difficult to believe that these writings were not first hand manuscripts and the reason for my opinion is if thy were second or third hand hearsay Mary’s gospel would most certainly not been included, remember woman did not have the same social standing they do today in...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    As for dating the writings I’m not qualified to say, and in some ways it really means very little. I must assume these writings were available in 330 to 360 AD when the original cannon was put together. I suppose what concerns me as why they were omitted. I can understand why some of the...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    Based on some of the writings in the Nag Hammabi library the apostle Paul would have been considered or leaned towards the Gnostic teachings. I know many of his writings as well as Johns were rejected and excluded from the original cannon. I suppose one of my questions is why they were excluded...
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    Nag Hammabi Library & Gnostic Christians ??

    Based on some of the writings in the Nag Hammabi library the apostle Paul would have been considered or leaned towards the Gnostic teachings. I know many of his writings as well as Johns were rejected and excluded from the original cannon. I suppose one of my questions is why they were excluded...