Does WOF teach henotheism???

[lismore]

The funny thing about Paul saying that Gentiles were "grafted in" is that he is basically insulting gentiles when he says that and shows he doesn't think much of them.

Better grafted in than left out.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Yekcidmij

The funny thing about Paul saying that Gentiles were "grafted in" is that he is basically insulting gentiles when he says that and shows he doesn't think much of them.
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It's a common agricultaral word that still explains very well the way that gentiles were made a part of the covenent and still easily recognised to it's meaning by anyone in the fruit business. I think it's a good analogy.
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[lismore]

What is that yellow headed gargoyle meant to mean?

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

This thread helps to explain why many Christians see WOF/ CHarismatic/ Pentecostal people as barking mad.

Not only can you literall bark like dogs to praise God, but you are gods too! Wow!

Did the talking snake in the garden not decieve the Eve by saying 'Ye shall be like unto God'.

It looks like the talking snake has infiltrated WOF, or should we say 'WOOF'.

I think that satan misused the truth that knowing good and evil would make them have understanding closer to what God was privy to than they had in a state of innocence. In the image of God made them vessels to God. Choosing to know more than God was willing for them made them vessels to satan. At this point in time vessels is ALL we are, Christians being one step higher on the food chain than those who are still dust (the food of the crawling beast) but also subject to that which we give obience to from one moment to the next.

 

[JimB]

For the record.

This thread was not started by an obsessed anti-WOFer.

~Jim

Faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.​

 

[Tallen]

I have his spiritual DNA.

No you don't. You need to come up with some scripture for that one.

That makes me a god.

Wrong. That makes you a born again person.

Now don't lie and say I said I am diety or can operate outside of God.

You just said you were "a god". Are you, or are you not?

I was adopted and born of Him. Wow!

You were adopted being a child of sin and an enemy of God, at best you can claim that you are being restored to the place a human should be.

 

[MinJeremiah]

Why would God adopt someone he had already begotten?

God has only one begotten son. And there is only one God, god or whatever!

I don't know ask him... lol. Know I will explain it some. First let me address your second part. It is true that Jesus was the only begotten son of God(John 3:16). However, when that statement was said it was addressing the physical birth of Jesus, not a spiritual birth. Jesus was and has always been. In eternity He was known as the Word. Therefore that statement does not apply to human spirits. Further, Jesus is no longer called the only begotten Son of God. After the death, burial, and resurrection, He has and is known as the Firstborn Son God. That means there are other sons, He's just the first.

Now study this out and you'll see this in regards to your question: It was not enough for the human spirit to just be adopted back by God. The human spirit after the fall of man died; not in the since that it ceased to exist, but that spiritual death was lodged into it and that nature of Satan lived in it. Legally they had a right to be in God's presence through adoption, However, the human spirit had to be recreated through being born again so that spiritual death, that nature of Satan, was no longer existant in them. Also the Holy Spirit could now indwell the human spirit.

This is alsome because not only are we legally children of God, but in spiritual class and substance we are children of God. Remember every seed produces after its kind. That is physical and spiritual law that God created. Oranges produce oranges. Dogs produce dogs. Humans produce humans. God must then, if he gives birth to something, produce after Him. You cannot be the child of something and not be in it's class. That is impossible. I will prove it: Do you remember one of the accusations the religious people had against Jesus? Jesus said He was God's Son. The people understood that if He was, then He had to be in God's class. They said, "He's making Himself equal with God." It was and is common sence that if you are the child of something, than you are the same thing as the thing that gave birth to it.

 

[MinJeremiah]

No you don't. You need to come up with some scripture for that one.



Wrong. That makes you a born again person.



You just said you were "a god". Are you, or are you not?



You were adopted being a child of sin and an enemy of God, at best you can claim that you are being restored to the place a human should be.

Tallen, Tallen, Tallen.... you are so wrong.

Why don't you think you have God's DNA? Don't say I don't, I'm born again. I don't know if you are, but I am. So don't say I don't have it. What does that mean? That means I have His Spiritual genetic makeup in my human spirit. The scriptures say, "that I was born again, not of corruptable seed, but incorruptable, by the Word of God which lives and abides forever." There is the scripture you asked for. It is a spiritual truth, that I was born of God's Word. God and His Word are one. It also calls that Word seed. That word translated seed is spermos. So this scriptures says I was born of God's spiritual sperm. If I was born of His sperm, then what is in Him, is in me. I have God's faith in me, His love in me, and eternal life, which is the zoe' God kind of life in me." The fruit of the spirit is God's nature in us. So Tallen, I do have His DNA.

Tallen, I am a god. You are only using the word God in one sence. The Word God doen't just mean the Creator. God is just a word with german decent. The word god also means someone is authority. It can mean a judge. I am not God, but a god. God is self existant. I never made that statement. He is the Creator of all things. I never did that. However, I am in His class. He put me there. I'm not exhalting myself. He exhalted me! Paul said, let this mind be in you which was in Christ, who thought it not robbery to be equal with God. God put the church on His level. We are His body. We are His kids. You said I am born again. I am. Who am I born of? Am I born of Him? Is He my Father? Is Jesus my brother? If I am born of God and He is my Daddy, than I'm like Him. Tallen, when you look in a mirror you see a image of yourself. God said we are in His image. So when God's sees us, He sees Him. The only thing that seperates me from God is that He is the Creator, I'm the creation.

Again, I am not diety. I don't operate independantly of God. Just because I don't doesn't mean I am not a god. Jesus Himself said he could do nothing without the Father. Everything I have I got from God. Again, you assume that being in God's class of being means you can operate outside of God; therefore because we cannot, then we are not gods. That however is just assumtion on your part and not a standard that has to be upheld.

"You were adopted being a child of sin and an enemy of God, at best you can claim that you are being restored to the place a human should be." You speak of salvation as if it is a process; not the salvation of your spirit. You see, as you said, I were a child of sin and a enemy of God. I were means I was. Not anymore. The day I accepted Christ, my spirit man was recreated. The life and nature of God came into it. At that moment I was restored and now have all the rights and priviledges that every child of God has. I am no longer a sinner. I am no longer a child of wrath. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and a heir to the Covenants of promise. Tallen, I CLAIM SONSHIP!!!

 

[Tallen]

Tallen, Tallen, Tallen.... you are so wrong.

Am I?

Why don't you think you have God's DNA?

God is a Spirit, DNA is part of the physical temporal creation.

That word translated seed is spermos.

If you would read your scripture, you would see that the "seed" is the word of God. In other words, the Gospel message of Christ is the power of God and the word of God is likened to seed. That doesn't mean that it is sperm.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Peter 1:23)

So this scriptures says I was born of God's spiritual sperm. If I was born of His sperm, then what is in Him, is in me. I have God's faith in me, His love in me, and eternal life, which is the zoe' God kind of life in me." The fruit of the spirit is God's nature in us. So Tallen, I do have His DNA.

No you don't.

Tallen, I am a god.

No your not. You have been taught a twisted and distorted view of the scripture.

God put the church on His level.

No He didn't. He put the church under His authority and those in it will be judged by Him.

Again, I am not diety.

You got that right.

"You were adopted being a child of sin and an enemy of God, at best you can claim that you are being restored to the place a human should be." You speak of salvation as if it is a process; not the salvation of your spirit.

Salvation is a process. A person is born again, and then is finds themselves in a process of sanctification, the end of salvation is when we are in our glorified bodies.

I am no longer a sinner.

Sure you are. You are a sinner in this respect, you will continue to sin until you either die or are resurrected. That's why we have an Advocate. I hope you find that idea repulsive. That is, that you will continue to sin in this life because sin is a repulsive thought. But you will sin.

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and a heir to the Covenants of promise.

These things are reckoned to you through Christ, you are not the righteousness of God because of any intrinsic value of your person. What God has done is to impute, get that, impute to you Christ's righteousness. And He imputed you sin to Christ. That doesn't make Christ a sinner any more than it makes you a righteous person. Your sin was accounted, reckoned, imputed to Christ and his righteousness is accounted, reckoned and imputed to the believer. Think on that.

 

[pinetree]

Am I?



God is a Spirit, DNA is part of the physical temporal creation.



If you would read your scripture, you would see that the "seed" is the word of God. In other words, the Gospel message of Christ is the power of God and the word of God is likened to seed. That doesn't mean that it is sperm.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Peter 1:23)



No you don't.



No your not. You have been taught a twisted and distorted view of the scripture.



No He didn't. He put the church under His authority and those in it will be judged by Him.



You got that right.

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Salvation is a process. A person is born again, and then is finds themselves in a process of sanctification, the end of salvation is when we are in our glorified bodies.



Sure you are. You are a sinner in this respect, you will continue to sin until you either die or are resurrected. That's why we have an Advocate. I hope you find that idea repulsive. That is, that you will continue to sin in this life because sin is a repulsive thought. But you will sin.



These things are reckoned to you through Christ, you are not the righteousness of God because of any intrinsic value of your person. What God has done is to impute, get that, impute to you Christ's righteousness. And He imputed you sin to Christ. That doesn't make Christ a sinner any more than it makes you a righteous person. Your sin was accounted, reckoned, imputed to Christ and his righteousness is accounted, reckoned and imputed to the believer. Think on that.

Wisdom is vindicated in your post.

 

[pinetree]

:o

Yes me too!

Is this a joke thread? Does anyone here actually think they're a god? If so read the story of King Canute.

A few weeks ago.I met a fellow who was in bad shape!
Sick...low on money...
Gosh,not to sound crude,but the guy even had bad breath!:o

Yet,he said he was a god..

All I can says is ..,I walked away thinking..

What the heck kinda god was that guy anyway?

 

[Always in His Presence]

A few weeks ago.I met a fellow who was in bad shape!
Sick...low on money...didn't attend a church yet complained about preachers
Gosh,not to sound crude,but the guy even had bad breath!:o

Yet,he said he was a christian..

All I can says is ..,I walked away thinking..

What the heck kinda christian was that guy anyway?

 

[victoryword]

A few weeks ago.I met a fellow who was in bad shape!
Sick...low on money...
Gosh,not to sound crude,but the guy even had bad breath!:o

Yet,he said he was a god..

All I can says is ..,I walked away thinking..

What the heck kinda god was that guy anyway?

Maybe he was a Greek god. You know, like Zeus (who had sex with his own granddaughter and produced - HERCULES) or may be he was Mars, the Greek god of war - too many battles put him in bad shape and Greek gods of war never brush their teeth

 

[victoryword]

I want to ask a question of the critics here, but before I do, I want to put it on record that I personally don't get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and say, "I am a lil' g-o-d." Confessing that I am a "god" is not a part of my spirituality and I do not find it necessary for a life of victory (just like I don't find the JDS teaching to be a necessary component for a life of victory in Christ).

However, I do recognize that I am a "son of God" (small "s") while Jesus is the Son of God (big "S"). Both words are from the Greek word "teknos." Do you heretic investigators recognize that such a teaching is Scriptural? Do you acknowledge this? Do you even believe in a literal new birth where a person has been made a new creation?

Furthermore, in your catalogue of who you define as heretics (based on your man-made criteria), have you added the Church Fathers and Reformers such as Martin Luther to it? I showed you in several posts that they taught theosis - no different than what some WoF teachers teach? So are they in your catalogue of heretics? If not then why not? And if you claim that what they mean is different than the WoF then please explain the difference and provide some FACTS!!! If you believe that Luther and the Church Fathers are just as wrong then please explain to me why you are NOT on the Reformed forums and Orthodox forums castigating the followers of these various denominations and theologies.

Which leads to another series of questions? Do you consider the Greek Orthodox church to be heretics? They certainly have a version of theosis. Do you consider Protestants heretic even though they deny theosis but still follow the reformation ideas of Martin Luther? After all, I don't call myself a "god" but I still adhere to most of the Biblical teachings that have been promoted by major WoF teachers. So please explain to me why the utter HYPOCRISY? Do you believe that God commends you for your hypocrisy? Do you believe that by castigating WoFers that you are doing a service for the Lord? Is there any good reason I should actually listen to and respect your criticism of the Faith Movement when you fail to even engage the Scriptures and you demonstrate such utter bias in your heresy crusades?

Look forward to any reasonable answer but I primarily look forward to some of your (hypo)critics surprising me by humbling your selves and admit that I have told you the truth about yourselves.

 

[MinJeremiah]

Am I?



God is a Spirit, DNA is part of the physical temporal creation.



If you would read your scripture, you would see that the "seed" is the word of God. In other words, the Gospel message of Christ is the power of God and the word of God is likened to seed. That doesn't mean that it is sperm.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Peter 1:23)



No you don't.



No your not. You have been taught a twisted and distorted view of the scripture.



No He didn't. He put the church under His authority and those in it will be judged by Him.



You got that right.

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Salvation is a process. A person is born again, and then is finds themselves in a process of sanctification, the end of salvation is when we are in our glorified bodies.



Sure you are. You are a sinner in this respect, you will continue to sin until you either die or are resurrected. That's why we have an Advocate. I hope you find that idea repulsive. That is, that you will continue to sin in this life because sin is a repulsive thought. But you will sin.



These things are reckoned to you through Christ, you are not the righteousness of God because of any intrinsic value of your person. What God has done is to impute, get that, impute to you Christ's righteousness. And He imputed you sin to Christ. That doesn't make Christ a sinner any more than it makes you a righteous person. Your sin was accounted, reckoned, imputed to Christ and his righteousness is accounted, reckoned and imputed to the believer. Think on that.

Tallen, God has DNA. How do I know this? Because we are in His image and likeness. However, when I used DNA, I used it as symbolism to help you get a picture of what happens to the human spirit that is born of Him.

You are correct that the seed is the Word. However you completely ignore that it is sperm. In fact you just about denied it. Yet the scripture says it is sperm. Seed means sperm period. Your ignorance tells me that you don't believe in a literal new birth. You must not believe we are literally children of God.

Yes the church is under God's authority, but we are still in His class. Read Ephesians Chapter 1. It says we are seated in the same place as Jesus. We are on the right hand of God above all principality and power. When we are judged, it will not be the same as the world. In fact, study, we will judge the world and angels with God.

My teachings are not twisted. You believe traditional teaching that has been passed down from people who don't know the Word of God. Notice that you give no scripture for what your saying. You also don't take the Word literally. Those who taught you, did that same thing and passed it to you. Your teaching defies logic and is unscriptual. Example, again how can someone be born of something, but yet not be in it's class. Every seed produces after it's own kind. To deny this, is to deny sensible logic. You deny this truth simply because you were taught that no one is like God or can be like Him.

Read my posts. I am talking about the salvation of the human spirit. Your revealing something to me... you don't really have much revelation on the human spirit, the real you. Well salvation of the human spirit is instant. The salvation of the soul (mind, will, and emotions) is a process. The salvation of you body will be instant. Oh yes, and salvation and santification are two seperate things.

Tallen, you may continue to sin until Jesus returns. That is not in my plans. I am not a sinner. Sinners need to get saved. The Bible does not call believers sinners. You are revealing your traditional teaching here. Most people in this forum, even the ones who don't believe they are gods will agree with me on this one. When John said we have a Advocate in 1 John chapter 2, notice he said, "if we sin." The empasis is on if. God's does not expect us to sin. That some stuff we made as a excuse. If you a sinner, your a child of Satan.

Tallen you need to learn not about just the legal part of righteousness, but the vital side You were not just imputed it, but also made it. You argue every point with just legal points. Which are true in many respects. However the is a legal side of salvation and a vital side. The vital side is the part the Holy Spirit does to you and in you.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

I'm wondering how it's possible to have God's DNA while in the unressurected body. My hope & faith is in the promise of the fulfillment of that yet unseen. Born again is spiritual only at this point with the option of mind renewal. Spiritual bodies are eternal, but it remains to be seen where I spend eternity. My faith gives me hope. Those who remain in Him will be caught up with Him.

 

[pinetree]

Maybe he was a Greek god. You know, like Zeus (who had sex with his own granddaughter and produced - HERCULES) or may be he was Mars, the Greek god of war - too many battles put him in bad shape and Greek gods of war never brush their teeth

Hi VW..

I am sure you have springtime freshness...

But..actually he was.....

You know.....

Sooo,where does a guy like I met fit in?

Mini god,part god,failure god..

ya know what I am sayin...?

 

[pinetree]

A few weeks ago.I met a fellow who was in bad shape!
Sick...low on money...didn't attend a church yet complained about preachers
Gosh,not to sound crude,but the guy even had bad breath!:o

Yet,he said he was a christian..

All I can says is ..,I walked away thinking..

What the heck kinda christian was that guy anyway?

noooo.... jooooe.....

Never said he was not a Christian....

Just wondered what the heck kinda god he was..

see???

 

[MinJeremiah]

I'm wondering how it's possible to have God's DNA while in the unressurected body. My hope & faith is in the promise of the fulfillment of that yet unseen. Born again is spiritual only at this point with the option of mind renewal. Spiritual bodies are eternal, but it remains to be seen where I spend eternity. My faith gives me hope. Those who remain in Him will be caught up with Him.

I am talking about spiritual DNA, not physical. Please lets not get distracted that i used DNA. I am just using that to get a picture of our human spirits on how they relate to the makeup of God.

 

[Charles L. Blackman]

A few weeks ago.I met a fellow who was in bad shape!
Sick...low on money...didn't attend a church yet complained about preachers
Gosh,not to sound crude,but the guy even had bad breath!:o

Yet,he said he was a christian..

All I can says is ..,I walked away thinking..

What the heck kinda christian was that guy anyway?

LOL

You are bad!