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Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Holiness begins with the power to purify our heart first from lust of the world and taking thought for sins of the flesh. But as many as received him, to them gave he power...

Been a while. Sons of God certainly means created by God specially as different from animals of the earth, but to say created in God's image is not provable without scripture.

I was speaking of other teachings, such as the created christ, full of Tolkien type mysticism, venturing into realms of spiritual wickedness in high places. You are not talking of a created christ, but of the nature of the Trinity as individuals. The Father is deity only. The Son is...

"I do not like to venture where I just did too often. It frightens me somewhat." I know what you mean. Too many have ventured into the mystical realm and come up with what they think is marvelous and wondrous, and feel really 'connected' to the infinite things of the spirit. It makes them feel...

'For we are souls' means we have ability of reason and intelligence to decide, research, study, act and make. The difference between man and the animals is that we are made in the image of God: by His Spirit we are made a living soul. And by the light of Christ, which lightens every human...

The 1st resurrection is what Paul spoke of, which many call the rapture. "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." You speak of believers that do not grow in the Word of God, but...

How do you mean God 'takes' the spirit of an angel. Did He not give the spirit when created the angel in the first place? He give the spirit to and angel and takes it back for Himself? By the Father having deity alone, are you saying He is the only true God that is all deity only? While the...

Scripture is the only authority and the Lord is the only God, and pet theories are like pet rocks: nice ideas but dumb. And so, once again, are you saying there are members of the body of Christ, who abide faithful to the end, who will not have part in the 1st resurrection, for all those that...

And don't forget Paul who erred by forbidding believers to have anything to do with any fornicator on the planet, until the Lord corrected him, and commanded that only those open fornicators known as brother are to ostracized. The Jewish seed died hard with the beginning church. Paul was trying...

So the Word in heaven: the LORD Jehovah, was Deity and soul. While God is the Father is Spirit and not soul?

Ok, I am a practicing amateur in languages, so I try not to rely on them. Are you saying there are members of the body of Christ unto the end, who will not reign with Him after the 1st resurrection?

It is curious that there is no room for men of like error, with men who repeatedly claim they are only men of like passions.

I prefer to move on when another descends into scriptureless rationalizations and rejection of common sense reading. And I don't agree to any of it. I just move on.

Another interesting one: Paul chosen by Jesus to protect Gentiles from spreading Judaism in His name...And they were just beginning to finally spread out, due to the persecution in Jerusalem Jesus allowed for that very purpose.

So, the 11 apostles did what they did based on an errant view of things to come, but did what they did rightly... As well as setting aside Jesus' 1st Commission to them to go ye into all the world... We are talking about people who stood around waiting for Him to return from the cloud in...