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Now not John 1:31-34

There lies the reason why John who was baptising the Lord had to hear a voice and see the sign of a dove descending upon him.

31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. [i]33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ [/i]34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Have you noticed it? Good.

That voice was a sign to John the baptist. It doesn't mean there were two Gods, no. There is only one God who took upon himself flesh, left his holy throne to save man, because apart from God, there is no saviour.

Remember also that, God is the epitome of power, with him everything is possible. As I type this, God can speak to me and at the same time speak to you and a million more others, he has no limits


Note that, when Jesus was on earth, the fullness of deity indwelt him bodily. God was in that flesh called Jesus fully. God who is the holy spirit was fully in Jesus Christ, that is why, Jesus Christ had to ascend into the heavens before he could send back the holy spirit.

May the Lord grant you understanding.

John 1 New King James Version (NKJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John’s Witness: The True Ligh[b]t
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 [/b]This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to [b]those who believe in His name: [/b]13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness
19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”

And he answered, “No.”

22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

23 He said: “I am

‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”

24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [k]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

The First Disciples
35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).

40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [l]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [m]Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [n]A Stone).

Philip and Nathanael
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter[o] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

Now note verses 32-34

Will be right back

Janosky:
" The grace of our God", is that the One Jesus called "Our Father"(Matt6:9), "my God and your God"(John20:17.)?

Is it true or False ?
Make devil shame small....Gbagbo, answer this questions above:


Jesus Christ CONDEMNED Gbagbo's LIE LIE.


Gbagbo lying Pharisee done comot John20:17 from him Bible......

John 20:17 King James Version (KJV)
"17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I
am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to
my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend
unto my Father, and your Father; and to my
God, and your God."

John20:17, Revelation 3:12, Jesus done spoil your market.
Keep posting CORRUPTED verses of the Bible.


@2)
It's really amusing that Gbagbo lying Pharisee commented an old thread some time ago where he labeled NIV, NASB,ISV,ASV etc as "SATANIC BIBLES" & claimed that KJV is the only authentic one.
For the convenience of his LIE,LIE, his KJV is not authentic to him.
Quote your KJV here make everyone see am, You Hypocrite.

Your frustration is at its apex and I understand, you don't even understand your own self I can see


John 20:28
...Thomas called Jesus, my Lord and my God

Jesus said..You believe now?

1 John 5:20 says Jesus Christ is the only true God

You will die in your since for sure

Jesus is God

orisa37:
Yes.
Jesus is Lord God.

Halleluyah

The phrase “the Lord of the Sabbath” is found in Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, and Luke 6:5. In all three instances Jesus is referring to Himself as the Lord of the Sabbath or, as Mark records it, “The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28). In these verses, Jesus is proclaiming that He is the One who exercises authority even over the rules and regulations that govern the Sabbath day.

As such, Jesus was proclaiming to the world, especially to the legalistic Pharisees, that He was greater than the Law and above the laws of the Mosaic Covenant because, as God in flesh, He is the Author of those laws.


Unable to keep the Law, however, the Pharisees had instituted a complex and confusing system of Sabbath laws of their own that was oppressive and legalistic. They had set up strict laws regarding how to observe the Sabbath, which included 39 categories of forbidden activities. In essence, these religious leaders had made themselves lords of the Sabbath, thus making themselves lords over the people.


As Creator, Christ was the original Lord of the Sabbath (John 1:3; Hebrews 1:10). He had the authority to overrule the Pharisees’ traditions and regulations because He had created the Sabbath—and the Creator is always greater than the creation. Furthermore, Jesus claimed the authority to correctly interpret the meaning of the Sabbath and all the laws pertaining to it. Because Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, He is free to do on it and with it whatever He pleases.

As Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus had the right, power, and authority to dispense it in any way He pleased. The Lord of the Sabbath had come, and with His death and resurrection He became the fulfillment of our “Sabbath rest.” The salvation we have in Christ has made the old law of the Sabbath no longer needed or binding. When Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27), Jesus was attesting to the fact that, just as the Sabbath day was originally instituted to give man rest from his labors, so did He come to provide us rest from laboring to achieve our own salvation by our works. Because of His sacrifice on the cross, we can now forever cease laboring to attain God’s favor and rest in His mercy and grace.


Jesus is God

Janosky:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
1 Yehuda, the Servant of Yeshua The
Messiah and the brother of Yaqob, to the
Gentiles called by God The Father, beloved
ones, and kept by Yeshua The Messiah.
2 Mercy, peace and love be multiplied to
you.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write
to you about our common life, it was
necessary for me to write to you, as I am to
persuade you to compete for the faith,
which was once delivered to The Holy
Ones. 4 For men have obtained entrance,
who from the beginning were written with
this guilty verdict: "Evil men who pervert
the grace of our God into an abomination
and deny him who is the only Lord God and
Our Lord Yeshua The Messiah."
5 I wish to remind you, as you all know, that
God, when once he had brought the people
out from Egypt, afterward destroyed those
who did not believe."

@1).
Jude1:4 done already spoil your market.
Your posting of twisted Scriptures will NOT alter the truth.
Revelation 3:5,12 in the spirit realm, Jesus Christ says he is son of his God and Father.
Lying Pharisee argue with Jesus...

@2)
Jesus Christ himself NEVER supports your Jude1:5 FRAUD.

@3)

Even your cherished and beloved KJV counters your Jude1:5 FRAUD.... lols
New King James Version

Greeting to the Called
"*1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and
brother of James,
To those who are called, [a] sanctified by
God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ:
*4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this
condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the
grace of our God into lewdness and deny the
only Lord [b] God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Old and New Apostates
*5 But I want to remind you, though you once
knew this, that the Lord, having saved the
people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed those who did not believe."

Glad you brought this up, now who denies our Lord and Master Jesus, you demon possessed jw cultist?
◄ Jude 1:4 ►

New International Version
For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

New Living Translation
I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

English Standard Version
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Berean Study Bible
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Berean Literal Bible
For certain men came in stealthily, those having been designated long ago unto this condemnation, ungodly ones changing the grace of our God into sensuality and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

New American Standard Bible
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


Christian Standard Bible
For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, "God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral." They even deny we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.

Good News Translation
For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

International Standard Version
For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

NET Bible
For certain men have secretly slipped in among you--men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe--ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

New Heart English Bible
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into sensuality, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God's kindness as an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

New American Standard 1977
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


American Standard Version
For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For certain men are secretly entered in, (who were written of long ago unto this judgment,) ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord God into riotousness, and denying the only sovereign Ruler, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Darby Bible Translation
For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly [persons], turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

English Revised Version
For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old set forth unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


Weymouth New Testament
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.


I am glad you know you were long condemned for hell, keep lying to please your master Satan

The evidence here is overwhelming, Jesus is Lord God, halleluyah

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mansakhalifa:
You've got to pity this dude... He lives a boring life. OP, my sympathies.

Rather pity yourself and future generations, knowing Jesus is the biggest fulfilment in life

◄ Jude 1:5 ►
New Living Translation
So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

English Standard Version
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

Berean Study Bible
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

Berean Literal Bible
Now I want to remind you, you having known all this, that Jesus, having saved at one time a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward He destroyed those not having believed.





Christian Standard Bible
Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;



NET Bible
Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them that believed not:


Jesus Christ is YHWH Almighty

Janosky:
My Ransomer & Mediator ,Jesus is speaking in Revelation 3:12, the words you have proved you don't believe.

Oh I see

Antichrists, (e.g., Jehovah’s Witnesses) contend that Jesus was not deity since, on one occasion, He prayed to the Father: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3; cf. “Should You Believe...?,” 2000).

Allegedly, by calling the Father, “the only true God,” Jesus excluded Himself from being deity. Such an interpretation of John 17:3, however, contradicts numerous other passages within John’s own gospel account. From beginning to end, John bore witness to the deity of Christ. Some of the evidence from the Gospel of John includes the following:

In the very first verse of John, the apostle testified: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (emp. added; cf. 1:14,17). Please note that, there is only one God, even demons know this. If the word is God, then the word is no other than YHWH since YHWH is the only true one Lord God.


Two verses later the reader learns that “all things came into being by Him [the Word], and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being” (John 1:3, NASB). Now check Genesis 1:1 when God created all things. God didn't first create another God and this another God created the other things as the demonic JWs teach, God created all things by himself (Isaiah 48:13). There is only only creator.


Still in the first chapter of John, the apostle testified that John the Baptizer was the one whom Isaiah foretold would “prepare...the way of YHWH” (Isaiah 40:3; John 1:23; cf. 14:6). For Whom did John the Baptizer come to prepare the way? Isaiah called Him “YHWH.” The apostle John, as well as John the Baptizer, referred to YHWH as “Jesus” (John 1:17), “the Christ” (3:28), “the Word” (1:1), “the Light” (1:17), “the Lamb” (1:29), “the Truth” (5:33), etc.


When the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well told Jesus, “I know that Messiah is coming” (John 4:25), Jesus responded, “I who speak to you am He” (vs. 26). Isaiah foretold that the Messiah would be called “Mighty God” (9:6) and “YHWH” (40:3). Thus, by claiming to be the Messiah, Jesus was claiming to be God.


In John chapter nine, Jesus miraculously healed a man with congenital blindness (vs. 1). When this man appeared before various Jews in the synagogue and called Jesus a prophet (vs. 17), he was instructed to “give glory to God,” not Jesus, because allegedly Jesus “is a sinner” (vs. 24). Later, after the man born blind was cast out of the synagogue, he confessed faith in Jesus and worshiped (Greek proskuneo) Him (vs. 38). In the Gospel of John, this word (proskuneo) is found 11 times: nine times in reference to worshiping the Father (John 4:2-24), once in reference to Greeks who came to “worship” in Jerusalem during Passover (12:20), and once in reference to the worship Jesus received from a man whom He had miraculously healed, and who had just confessed faith in Jesus. Indeed, by accepting worship Jesus acknowledged His deity (cf. Matthew 4:10; Hebrews 1:6).


While at the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, Jesus claimed: “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30). “Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him” (vs. 31). Why did Jesus’ enemies want to stone Him?

The Jews said to Christ: “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God” (vs. 33, emp. added; cf. 5:17-18).


After Jesus rose from the dead, the apostle Thomas called Jesus, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). Jesus responded: “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (vs. 29). Notice that Jesus did not deny His deity, rather He acknowledged Thomas’ faith and commended future believers. Believers in what? In that which Thomas had just confessed—that Jesus is Lord and God.


It was in the overall context of John’s gospel account, which is filled with statements testifying of Jesus’ deity, that the apostle recorded Jesus’ prayer to His Father the night of His betrayal (John 17). But how can Jesus’ statement about His Father being “the only true God” (17:3) be harmonized with statements by Jesus, the apostle John, John the Baptizer, Thomas, etc. affirming the deity of Christ? When a person understands that Jesus’ statement was made in opposition to the world’s false gods, and not Himself, the reference to the Father being “the only true God” harmonizes perfectly with the many scriptures that attest to the deity of Christ (including those outside of the book of John; cf. Matthew 1:23; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:5-13).

Note that, In 1 John 5:20, Jesus Christ is called the only true God.


On the eve of Jesus’ crucifixion, it was completely natural for Him to pray that “all flesh/people” (John 17:2, NKJV/NIV), many of whom were (and still are) pagan idolaters, would come to know “the only true God” and receive eternal life (17:3). Note, eternal life is Jesus Christ, he is the way , the truth and the life. Thus, Jesus contrasted Himself not with the Father, but “with all forms of pagan polytheism, mystic pantheism, and philosophic naturalism” (Jamieson, et al., 1997).

Furthermore, if Jesus’ reference to the Father being “the only true God” somehow excludes Jesus from being deity, then (to be consistent) Jesus also must be disqualified from being man’s Savior. YHWH said: “Besides me there is no savior” (Isaiah 43:11; cf. Hosea 13:4; Jude 25). Yet, Paul and Peter referred to Jesus as our “Savior” several times in their inspired writings (Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 3:20; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Peter 1:1,11; 2:20; etc.). Also, if Jesus is not Godh(based on a misinterpretation of John 17:3), then, pray tell, must God the Father be excluded from being man’s Lord? To the church at Ephesus, Paul wrote that there is “one Lord” (4:4, emp. added), and, according to Jude 4 (using Jehovah’s Witnesses own New World Translation) “our only Owner and Lord” is “Jesus Christ” (emp. added). Yet, in addition to Jesus being called Lord throughout the New Testament, so is the Father (Matthew 11:25; Luke 1:32; Acts 1:25) and the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17) since the Father, the son and the holy spirit is this same Jesus Christ. Remember when Jesus Christ asked the apostles to baptise in the name of the Father, the son and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19), the apostles baptised in the name of Jesus.

Obviously, when the Bible reveals that there is only one God, one Savior, one Lord, one Creator (Isaiah 44:24; John 1:3), etc., reason and revelation demand that we understand the inspired writers to be excluding everyone and everything—other than the true God. As a former Jehovah’s Witness David Reed explained: “Jesus’ being called our ‘only’ Lord does not rule out the Lordship of the Father and the Holy Spirit, and the Father’s being called the ‘only’ true God does not exclude the Son and the Holy Spirit from deity” (1986, p. 82).


Jesus is coming soon.

REFERENCES
Butt, Kyle (2003), “Wearing Gold and Braided Hair,” Apologetics Press, http://apologeticspress.org/articles/2264​.
Jamieson, Robert, et al. (1997), Jamieson, Faussett, Brown Bible Commentary (Electronic Database: Biblesoft).
Lyons, Eric (2003), “The Bible’s Teaching on Baptism: Contradictory or Complementary?” Apologetics Press, http://apologeticspress.org/articles/617​.
Lyons, Eric (2004), “Was Jesus Trustworthy?” Apologetics Press, http://apologeticspress.org/articles/516​.
Reed, David (1986), Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).

Janosky:
Gbagbo the ENEMY of Jesus Christ, ,enemy of truth, can you TWIST Revelation 3:12 ?

I get your frustration enemy of Jesus Christ

But listen, Jesus is coming, better repent, you can't fight Jesus

Your YWHW and Jehovah are not coming, Jesus Christ the living God (YHWH) is coming

"Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he Live" (John 11:25).

"11 And this is the Record, that God hath given to us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath Life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not Life" (1John 5:11-12).


l"1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness... 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are Spiritually discerned" (1Corinthians 1:23; 2:14).



"14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works[b], and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" ([/b]James 2:14-20).

. "we do know that we know Him, IF we keep His Commandments" (1John 2:3).

"And he that keepeth His Commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us" (1John 3:24).



Jesus is the "Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6)?

.. 7 If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:1-7).

. From the beginning and throughout, Eternal Life residing in any human being is a matter of laying hold of Jesus Christ by faith, i.e., "lay hold on Eternal Life"(1Timothy 6:12, 19), and abiding in Him by the "faith which worketh by love" (Galatians 5:6).


. Recognizing that our vitality to lay hold and abide in Christ is an act of our own choosing, still we must place "no confidence in the flesh" (Philippians 3:3), and we must trust in Christ the True Vine to fill us with His Eternal Life and Holy Spirit to cause us "to will and to do of His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).


"I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My Statutes, and ye shall keep My Judgments, and do them" (Ezekiel 36:27). Thus, by faith, our laying hold and abiding in "Christ, Who is our Life" (Colossians 3:4),


Maranatha!

John 14:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus Christ is LIFE

Antichrists lie that, Jesus Christ is a created being. How can eternal life be created?

Janosky:
Demonic David J.Stewart and Gbagbo lying Pharisees.
Go and research history of bible translation, ONLY ENEMIES of YWHW (such as demonic Stewart and Gbagbo Pharisees) carry out the barbaric, evil practice of burning the holy Scriptures.

Even though at times I critic the KJV because of 1 John5:7 and other frauds in it, I WOULD NEVER burn the word of God.
Shame on you Pharisees

Who is YWHW again?

Confused demon-possessed Jw cultist serving Satan.

Jesus Christ is YHWH!

1 John 5:20, NIV: "We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."

1 John 5:20, ESV: "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."

1 John 5:20, KJV: "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

1 John 5:20, NASB: "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."

1 John 5:20, NLT: "And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eter"

1 John 5:20, CSB: "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one--that is, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Praise Jesus!

Modernist:
What did I do?

Jw cultist spotted

Janosky:
Rev3:12,the truth of Jesus words hurts......
Gbagbo lying Pharisee in sifia pains

Devil-possessed jw cultist quoting from his corrupted new world translation which was translated by a guy who lied under oath in court

Truly, devil no get shame

Jesus Christ is God Almighty,

These guys are dying

solite3:
They are under the control of satan the god of this world

Of course
They tickle themselves and laugh

Corrupting the scriptures to fit their demonic doctrine

They say they don't partake in politics since it is evil, yet own voter ID cards

They say earthly government is evil, yet they work in same earthly government institutions, what stuppidity and hypocrisy

They lie Jesus has already come

This is madnesss, yet these guys follow such a cult

*spits*

Maximus69:
"By their fruit" says Jesus!
BY THEIR FRUIT! Matthew 7:15-20

I am glad u know that
Keep deceiving your own soul

Jesus Christ is God Almighty

There is no Jehovah in the bible

Jesus Christ is YHWH

solite3:
Undisputable

JWs are dying because of this truth

Maximus69:
Your God is DEAD! James 2:18-26

That's why you only type on social media and makes useless noise in your Shrines called Churches for a futile God. Psalms 115:1-8 compared to Isaiah 29:13 and Matthew 15:8

The name of my God need not be overemphasized, because from one end of this planet to the other end of this planet, everyone can testify to the effectiveness of JEHOVAH as over 8,500,000 people from different nationalities, races, ethnic groups {Isaiah 2:1-4} are unitedly WORKING out what is visible to all eyes! Matthew 5:14-16

If this planet is filled with only Jehovah's Witnesses,

©There will be NO MORE WARS! Micah 4:3-4
©There won't be greedy politicians! Matthew 19:16-22
©There won't be discrimination anymore! Matthew 12:46-50

So Jehovah is working! Our God is at work in the midst of his worshippers! John 5:17

That's why we are united as one happy global family of peace loving worshippers! John 17:20-23

Please where is the evidence that your God is alive? John 2:18-20

Jesus said "BY THEIR FRUIT" {the effectiveness of their preaching and teaching program} observant individuals will recognize those worshipping his God in order to distinguish between true followers of Christ and noisemakers!

People don't gather grapes from thorns nor figs from thistles! Meaning: Good works can never go alone with fake Christians and evil works can never go along with true Christians! Matthew 7:15-20

Jesus Christ is God Almighty, you are dying by this simple truth, but I careless

By Thom Mollohan - Pastor

Beautiful and amazing things happen to you in the moment that you are brought into the Kingdom of God as you place your faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Of course, there is the fact that you are “born again” into God’s family. “Jesus answered him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. … Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:3, 5-6 ESV).

Then there is the wonder of an incredible transformation taking place as you are made new. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, Who through Christ reconciled us to Himself …” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18a ESV).

And how can we not marvel that the ugly and loathsome sins that we have borne are carefully and completely cleansed from us! “You, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14 ESV).

No less amazing is the fact that God has set us apart for Himself, for His purposes and for our own sake! This setting apart is called “holiness” in the Scriptures and has almost become unknown in the culture in which we live. Today it is clear that we have lost sight of the precious treasure of holiness and drifted from flirtations with “unholiness” to embracing it; from embracing unholiness to flaunting it.
But what is holiness? What does it look like? How do we grasp this lifestyle of living in the Lord, fulfilling His purposes for our lives, and knowing the joy of being wholly His? Well, holiness is NOT self-righteousness, nor is it strict adherence to a rigid code of conduct (although these ideas seem to be the prevailing attitudes and biases folks have about holiness).

Holiness is first of all the nature of God. It is the infinitely high and noble essence of what He is and how He reveals Himself to us. His holiness is unfathomable and so alien to our fallen nature that we naturally contend with the directions in which His holiness leads us.


“Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?” (Exodus 15:11 ESV). So majestic that we must revere it if ever our hearts truly turn towards Him, His holiness is overwhelming!


Holiness for us then is both recognizing the unique and precious nature of God and embracing it. It is the pursuit of the pleasure of God as we willingly seek to know Him as He is and to become like Him by the help He grants us through His Holy Spirit.


“Strive for … the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14 ESV). Righteousness (being considered “upright” and therefore acceptable by God) is granted to us because the true righteousness of Jesus is credited to us once we place our faith in Him: our sin is forgiven and we know that He has made a place for us in heaven. But holiness is the key to intimacy with God because through holiness we turn our attention to His love, His purposes, and His ways and subsequently submit to them. It is no wonder then that God admonishes us to pursue holiness in how we live and will even take steps to correct us and discipline us accordingly.
“It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness” (Hebrews 12:7-10 ESV).

Many Christians today may have no idea what holiness is all about. Or they may wonder why we should seek to live in it. Or they may even scoff at it as a relic of the past or an agenda of a pompous and “kill-joy” group of hypocrites. Nevertheless, holiness is essential to the joy that God intends for us in life. We must remember that we are called to live holy lives and that we are truly set apart for God. We do not belong any longer to the world, nor are we bound any longer to its wickedness.


So what practical steps can we take in the pursuit of holy living? We could try to (and too often do) compose a long and complicated list of “Thou shalts” and “Thou shalt nots,” but the Bible teaches us a simple frame of mind to adopt that lovingly yet firmly leads us into ever-increasing holiness as we lean on God’s empowering through His Word and prayer.


“You also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace…. Just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification” (Romans 6:11-14, 19b ESV).


Because you are called to sanctification, which is another word for “holiness”, your body and your mind are now reserved for God and His purposes. Withhold the valuable gifts that your mind and body are from those things that are contrary to God’s will for your life and daily offer them anew to Him so that He might both bless you and bless the nations of the world through you.
“As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest My holiness among you in the sight of the nations.…. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (Ezekiel 20:41, 1 Peter 2:9 ESV).

Holiness is Key

Maximus69:
Let observers SEE the effect of your God in the way you deal with your fellow believers from other parts of the earth! Matthew 5:14-16

That's what can move them to reason with you, but ordinarily saying "my God is the Almighty", even the worshippers of Krishna {Indian deity} will tell you the same thing if you keep making noise without fine WORKS! James 2:18-26

Hahahaha, you are so pained, why don't you talk about your god? I am talking about my God, the Almighty Jesus Christ

Observers are worried

Maximus69:
They only mimick whatever they hear from their Pastors!

So when it's time to prove how well equipped they're to teach, that's when they turn to their sentimental assertions saying "if you don't agree with what i'm saying, you will be roasted alive forever and ever inside hellfire!"

Jesus Christ is God Almighty

What is the literary device of synonymous parallelism used in Hebrew poetry?

Synonymous parallelism is a poetic device used to amplify and emphasize an important idea. This kind of parallelism takes the form of a couplet, or two back-to-back parallel lines. The first line states an idea, and the second line rephrases the same idea in different words and imagery, which makes them synonymous. Synonymous parallelism is one of many different parallelism devices used in Hebrew poetry, each catalogued by Robert Lowth, an eighteenth century Anglican bishop. Three other common parallel devices are antithetical parallelism, emblematic parallelism, and synthetic parallelism, although synonymous parallelism is the most commonly found.

In English poetry, rhymes are frequently a kind of parallelism found at the end of couplets:

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night."
("The Tyger" by William Blake)

End rhyme is similar to synonymous parallelism in that it creates rhythm and cohesion. However, it is different because it focuses on audible similarities instead of primarily thought similarities.

Synonymous parallelism is woven all throughout the Psalms and Proverbs. Here is an example of the thought harmony produced when synonymous parallelism is used in Psalm 120:2:

"Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue."

Observe how "lying lips" and "a deceitful tongue" are similar concepts that are amplified in importance when placed next to each other. The meanings are synonymous.

Many verses, such as Proverbs 3:11, contain multiple pairs of word synonyms.

"My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
or be weary of his reproof."

In this verse, the verbs "despise" and "be weary" (or "resent" in other translations) are quite similar ideas, just as the nouns "discipline" and "reproof" are similar. These pairs of synonymous ideas side-by-side are what create synonymous parallelism in Hebrew poetry. They serve to emphasize a strong idea.

Some prophetic books of the Bible also contain poetry, such as Isaiah 53:5:

"But He was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities."

The prophet Isaiah creates cadence in his claim that Jesus will suffer for mankind's sins. This verse is so memorable, arguably more so than many other verses in the prophetic books, because of the structure. Synonymous parallelism, by reverberation, taps its way into our minds.

This literary device is one of the many devices in Hebrew poetry that makes the Bible such a rich piece of literature. We can use synonymous parallelism to find ideas and concepts that the author wants to amplify in meaning or wants us to remember.

2 Peter 3 New King James Version (NKJV)

God’s Promise Is Not Slack
1.Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of [a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward [c]us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

The Day of the Lord

10 But [b]the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

NOTICE HOW THE DAY OF THE LORD AND THE DAY OF GOD ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY IN VERSES 10 AND 12.

WHY did peter use the Lord and God interchanginly? Because the Lord is God.

Jesus Christ is God Almighty

2 Peter 3 New King James Version (NKJV)


1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of ]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior ( The Lord and Saviour talked about here by Peter is no other than Jesus Christ. Cultists such as the JWs don't want you to see this truth, wherever they see the Lord in their demonic New World Translation, they insert Jehovah, now insert Jehovah in the verse 2 and see.),


3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying[i], “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” (Suffice it to say that, Jehovah's witnesses lie that Jesus Christ has already come for the second time, that he came in the spirit, in 1919, when scriptures say all eyes will see him)[/i]

5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, (All things were created by the word of God according to Apostle Peter in this verse. Please who is the word of God?see John 1:1)



6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that [b]with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward [c]us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (Who is the Lord? No other than Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is Lord God, Almighty)

The Day of the Lord
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

2 Peter 3 New King James Version (NKJV)

God’s Promise Is Not Slack

3 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of[b] the Lord and Savior, [/b]

3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and ]perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

The Day of the Lord

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up.

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Be Steadfast

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with[b] the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.[/b]

To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Jesus Christ is Lord God Almighty

Thanks for sharing

Janosky:
You no fit twist Revelation 3:12 ?
Gbagbo lying Pharisees consoling himself....
Lols

Jesus Christ is God Almighty

malvisguy212:
Matthew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the NAME of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

NAME not names. witnesses to deity of Christ are many, yes, Peter called Him God, did Jesus rebuke him ? the prophet Micah say His origin is UNKNOWN ( Micah 5:2) Every attribute that belongs to the Father belongs to the Son: "All things that the Father hath are
mine" (John 16:15).

To know Jesus Christ is to know God (John 14:8-9). To see Jesus Christ is to see God: "he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father" (John 14:9). Christ is the "image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15), "the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person" (Heb. 1:3). "In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9). All men must honor the Son just as they honor the Father (John 5:23). We honor the Father as God, and we must honor the Son in the same way. The Son of God is not honored when His deity is denied.

God bless you, the poster is a jw cultist, always fighting the Lord Jesus