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frosbel: I need clarification as well.

Still studying...........will be back.

chukwudi44: Now the question is, Which apostle James is the Lord's brother and how?


James the just was not actually one of the twelve.Paul actually used that term apostles to describe himself,James,Barnabas and some few others but they were not really part of the twelve.

James the just was actually very influential in the first century christainaity,Himself Paul and Peter were the most influential christians that lived in the first century.He was eventually killed in AD 62 by the jewish high priest.

Boomark: Mark 6:3 KJV
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

frosbel: But it did say , " mark this man down as childless " .

frosbel: It is the MAN that plants the seed in the WOMAN, so this is partially correct , however none of the gospel accounts suggests anything about Mary's lineage.




I don't quite agree , though I am very liable to change my mind with further evidence, it is clear that the lineage was traced through Joseph, we cannot assume into scripture our own notions.







Matthew's account seems to be the most accurate with one small contradiction , Jehoiakim was cursed to be childless , so this lineage is broken right here :

"As I live," says YHVH, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off; and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear - the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans. .........., Hear the word of YHVH! Thus says YHVH: 'Write this man down as childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.' "
Jeremiah 22:24 - 29




Yes, but this is standard practise even in the cultures of today, a child always descends from the seed of a MAN planted in a WOMAN.

shdemidemi: So, Paul made a mistake calling him the Lord's brother?

shdemidemi: James that wrote the book of James is Jesus' step brother, Stop defending what is not.

naijadeyhia: How the Catholic church views the Bible

Below are the kinds of replies you can expect from a Roman Catholic priest if you ask him about the contents of the Bible.

Yes I know Matthew 23:9, seems to condemn calling me "Father", but you are not able to understand the Bible like I do.
Yes I know is appears like Jesus condemned the repetitive prayer of the Rosary beads in Matthew 6:7, but Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1208 AD and revealed to him the Rosary Beads herself!
Yes Matthew 13:55-56 seems to indicate that Jesus had brothers and sisters, but these were the children of Joseph from a previous marriage or just cousins.
Yes, I agree that 1 Timothy 2:5 sounds like Jesus is the only mediator between god and man, but the Pope decided she was indeed also a mediator between God and man

naijadeyhia: FACT: Catholics are taught to call their priest, "Father", as a religious title of respect. Christians in the first century never called their leaders, "father". This first happened hundreds of years later.

"Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. Matthew 23:9

naijadeyhia: WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY IS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ACTING MORE LIKE A SECRET CULT BECAUSE ONLY SECRET CULTS KEEP SECRETS. EVEN GOD REVEALS HIS SECRETS TO THOSE WHOM HE LOVES. CALL IT SOLA BIBLE OR WHATEVER, IF YOU CATHOLICS HAVE A DIFFERENT BIBLE SAY IT HERE AND ALSO POINT OUT TO ME WHERE IT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN VERSION OF THE BIBLE THAT MARY DID NOT DIE BUT WENT UP TO HEAVEN WITHOUT SEEING DEATH AND I REPEAT I WILL BECOME A CATHOLIC IN NO TIME

Ubenedictus: ''I went to hell and saw mr a and b", this usually what begins the stories that have become common place on the net and particularly on nairaland. It is important that we as christians cultivate a truly christian response to this popular and ever new stories.

Whatever "revelation" one clinges to we must keep in mind that the true christian has no ABSOLUTE need for any 'new' revelation because in christ Jesus christians have recieved 'once and for all the faith passed to the saints'. Let us not be detered from that faith by any revelation wether from hell or earth. Christ is the wisdom of God in him we have recieved all that is true.
He say "I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE".
"at many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors throuph the prophets but in our time, the final days, he has spoken to us in the person of his Son whom he appointer heir of all things and through whom he made the ages" heb 1:1and2.
It is in christ whom we believe, it is in mercy that he shed his blood for us, let us hold strong to him and remember the several warnings in scriptures as regard seers.
Peace

peteregwu: Thebwordbof God is not by grammar, it is the power of God unto salvation. You are just bothering yourselve. With all this your confused explanation.

The seed of the woman being referred to is Jesus and His death on the cross.


Galatians 3:16 KJV
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.


Jesus Christ is the seed and not some kind of devils remnant.

Am done.

blink182: I am very sure I've received close to if not more than a thousand transfusions.

2 or more times a week from when I was 3 to about 20 years. Worst years of my life, my body couldn't function on my blood, doctors had to keep filling me with healthy red blood cells.

Optimisticgondy: I and my young brother donated for my dad in March, this year. It was my first time ever and my PCV was 47% then. I never knew the process was not as scary as I had always thought. The scary part of it, to me, was the HIV testing cos I hadn't done it before.

binhozie: Pls I need advice ASAP
These days I am scared of even sleeping because I experience extreme paralysis in my dreams when I try to run away from one form of danger or the other
Either I just sit there or try to crawl away incredibly slowly from whatever peril there is. It has become very consistent I don't know if it is a medical or spiritual issue. But in real life my legs are fine
HELP

Oduntan Gabriel: While I was busy sweeping my room today, I mistakenly fell my bible from the table where it was kept,immediately I picked the bible and hit it on my head 3 times based on what we do while we were small in my church,but something came to my mind immediately, should hitting the bible or quaran on the head the solution? What will happen if I don't hit it on my head? Also, there is this belief that u have to go on fasting if this actually occurred,how true is this? Pls let's hear ur views

seeker: Here I was thinking that Seoul is the capital of South Korea. Fascinating!

Boomark: It wasn't me.

obadiah777: ZEPHANIAH 3 VS 12 "But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the LORD <<<< ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THE NUKES. LOWLY AND HUMBLE << LOWLY

low·ly [loh-lee] Show IPA adjective, low·li·er, low·li·est, adverb
adjective
1.
humble in station, condition, <<<< HUMBLE IN STATION OR CONDITION

MostHigh: To be meek means living within your means, its the exact opposite of being covetous

Covetousness on the other hand would be constant desire to acquire material wealth for self gratification

Self gratification would be like you imagining the emotions others feel when they see you driving that posh ride, ego tripping.

The founding fathers of the present monetary system were initially amazed at how greedy an unrealistic the masses were

They poor masses were willing to collect monies they never had from the bank at unbelievable interest rates and were somehow able to supress the true meaning of their actions deep within their subconscious

This also is your sin.

Study to show yourself approved.

shdemidemi: The man says he is not, why force him into what he says he is not?

obadiah777: OK LETS TRY A MORE RADICAL APPROACH. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THE NUKES >>>>> ZEPHANIAH 2 VS 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
<<< SEEK MEEKNESS. DRIVING AROUND IN HUMMERS AND BENTLEYS IS NOT MEEKNESS.

ZEPHANIAH 3 VS 12 "But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the LORD <<<< ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THE NUKES. LOWLY AND HUMBLE

ZEPHANIAH 3 VS 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the appointed assembly, who are among you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. <<< THOSE WHO HATED LIVING UNDER THIS WICKED REGIME AND ALL THE WICKEDNESS ARE THE ONLY ONES GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NUKES NOT THOSE WHO LOVE IT.

ZEPHANIAH 3 VS 11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from you your arrogant boasters. Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill. <<< ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY FLEXING AND BOASTING AND SHOWING OFF AND OPPRESSING WILL BE NUKED. NOW I HOPE YOU KNOW WE ARE THE REAL ISRAEL ALSO OFTEN CALLED JERUSALEM.

NOW FROM THE VERSES ABOVE I AM SURE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU ARE A STIFF NECKED AND REBELLIOUS SCOFFER

Boomark: I am not a Jw. From the prophecy shdemidemi quoted according to the scripture, you agreed that the son of perdition is in the catholic church. May be you forgot that the son of perdition is in the temple you agreed you fellowship in.

Are now looking for an escape route?
SMH!!!

MostHigh: Thats why you will most likely reincarnate under the ground.

Literal Habitation I mean.

For 1000yrs