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Ihedino: It was a hilarious video to watch. The guy's frustration at his last attempt with the repeated additions was very funny. But I learned one thing: do not argue with a fool if you don't want to appear one yourself.good advice. Of course all their arguments were fallacious, but how do you expose fallacy to one who either does not know the laws of logic or completely disregards them? Both of you, Ubenedictus and Barristers can claim that you're the right one and the other's the fool and on one Bible. But only one can be right or else both are wrong.another good point, u are begining to sound more and more like my mum, i do remember her warning me never to argue a point of doctrine, she had this rule where argument were concerned, it was "present what u blive in d best way u can, give reasonable proof, discuss the issue if the person truly wishes to know d truth, listen b4 u talk, never argue doctrines becos ur work is to do ur best to present d truth it is the work of d holyspirit to convince one who has an open mind. It seems i broke most of her rules, for one with a brain the biblical and logical proof by trinitarians so far is enough. Adding more wont help one who doesnt wish to learn I'm actually bothering because of you, Ubenedictus. It is no small matter to soil sacred things and continuing in this debate amounts to that.no need to bother, im out. You hinge your rejection of the Trinity more on the bad track record of the Roman Catholic Church than on anything else."this child is set for d rise and fall of many in israel, a sign that is spoken against"- the gospel of luke. I simply refuse a rejection of the Bible as well simply because one tenet of it (the founding tenet in this case) is held by that denomination.i wonder why he uses a bible, those old catholics were instrumental in compiling the new testament, since he is afraid of anything catholic then maybe he will soon stop using d bible. Or maybe he is afraid becos d cc was d first to officially define it as doctrine in d council of nicea, whatever it is i hope he finds peace. I pointed out a few questions for anyone holding contrary views to the Trinity to answer here on this thread and on a new one that I opened. Responses were intellectually bankrupt. I left the questions alone on my thread and simply asked how we are saved by Jesus's Death if He was not God.well as i leave d thread, i wish to give u all a verse to think about. Col2:8,9 so it is that no one makes prey of u by philosophy and empty deceit according to human traditions, accding to d elemental spirits of d universe and not accding to christ for in him the whole fullness of diety(the Godhead) dwells bodily let the scriptures decide those who are of d opinion that d fulnes of d Godhead didnt dwell in christ are walking on the traditions of men, waxing empty deceit and are contrary to the word of God. If you are of the opinion that d fulness of d Godhead didnt dwell in christ then please change that opinion and assent to the word of God. Peace |
tintingz: lol...this saints are dead I mean real dead for centuries you see you contraditing your bibleit doesnt contradict timothy my dear friend Jesus is the one mediator becos he mediates d new covenant, all intercessors wether from christians on earth or saints in heaven go thru him, just the way intercession of d xtians on earth doesnt violate the unique mediatorship of christ, the intercession of those in heaven doesnt. Read d bible with understanding. Peace |
Mayb i do have time to write on some points BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictustrue ...STILL WAITING FOR THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS ('' knowledge was not available to jesus human mind when he is God incarnate in human '')it would really be stupid to ask me to provide a whole sentence in the bible, it is as though im asking u to provide a verse that say ''Jesus isnt God'', it is a stupid thing to ask, you dont need a verse that say ''that knowledge wasnt available to his human mind'. All that is needed is a verse that shows that the finite human mind cannot grasp or fully contain the infinite divine knowledge and is55:89 and ps139:6 shows it. Is 55:8,9 for my thoughts are not ur thoughts nor are my ways ur way says the lord. for as d heaven is higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways an ur thought than ur though that show all i have been saying that the infinite mind transcends the finite human mind. Ps139:6 the psalmist proclaims that infinite divine knowledge is too wonderful for the human mind and d human mind cant attain it d psalmist says: 6such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that i cannot attain it. That clearly shows my position that d infinite divine knowledge of christ couldnt be contained by a human mind d psalmist says it 'it is too wonderful' 'so high' 'cannot be attained'. Friend if u cant see that then u need specs. YOU MADE ME LAUGH HERE......HE,HEE,HEEEE!!! ALL THESE YOUR EXPLANATION ABOVE CONCERNING HUMAN LIMITATION HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT PATAPATA-POROGODO-YAN-AN-YAN-AN;MEANING;ALTOGETHER BY YOUR NOTION THATactually it didnt come from me it came from the bible u can guess d verse that says 'd fulnes of d divinity rests on him' THAT IS CHRIST IS GOD IN HUMAN FORM WHILE ON EARTH,THAT IS 'HE IS STILL THE SAME GOD IN FULNESS,WHILE IN BODILY FORM' SO HIS FULNESS TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT HIS BODILY APPEARANCE DOES NOT ALTER HIS LIMITATIONS INCLUDING HIS KNOWLEDGE,THE ONLY CHANGES IS THAT OF APPEARANCE ONLY,IF YOU DONT KNOW.hahaha where did u get this idea? As man christ was limited *he occupied space *had to obey gravity etc. Infact he was even born a subject to the law. So my dear his divinity is without limit but his body was. The divine had to operate in d human before there was a miracle. AGAIN YOU ARE YET TO SUPPLY BIBLE VERSE THAT SAYS ('' knowledge was not available to jesus human mind when he is God incarnate in human '')still repeating that same idea? I may also ask u to quote the verse that says "jesus is God" AS THE ONCE ABOVE ONLY POINTED TO HUMANS LIMITATIONS WHICH IS NOT AN ISSUE HERE,BUT WHERE THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT 'A PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD-JESUS RECORDEDLY POSSESES BEFORE WAS'NT AVAILABLE TO HIS MIND WHILE THE FULLNESS OF GOD WAS WITH HIM' SHOW US JUST ONE VERSE PLS.i already gave u the verse that say Jesus knows everything and that d fulness of knowledge and wisdom was hidden in him, and i also recall giving u d verse that shows man's nature cannot attain such high a knowledge. How can i help u if u cant add 1+1 and give me a result. Im suprised that u cant draw the conclusion that infinite knowledge cannot be attained by a human mind, even the psalmist can see that but baristers certainly wont. SOLOMON TOO INCREASED IN KNOWLEDGE,AND THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOUR ASSERTION OF 'DIVINITY IMFOMING HUMANITY' AND BESIDE,HE IS NOT GOD.again u refused to understand, by quoting d verse on d growth of knowledge i was showing u something. Colosians say that all the knowledge and wisdom are hidden in christ yet luke says Jesus grew in wisdom. To any one with a sharp mind it would seem the bible contradicted itself, 1st by saying all knowledge is hidden in christ and goes on to say that dsame person wu has all wisdom grew in wisdom. But ofcourse u didnt notice that because u are more interested in debating than discussing. Christ divine nature possesed all wisdom because only d divine can posses all wisdom yet in his human nature he grew in wisdom because every man like solomon had to grow in it, learning is part of d human nature. Dear friend i would be happy if u limited ur post to 5000 word because most times i use my phone in surfing the net and it can only deal 5000 words, anything more than that may take time for me to respond i would leave the others til 2morow peace |
BARRISTERS: i earlier quoted rev 22:8 above, sorry it was prov,8:22;hahaha i cant find the name Jesus in ur quote above. And as for d bolded part, prov wasnt written by Jesus so it would be a stupid thing to say that Jesus confirmed he was a creation in proverbs. And hey i cant even find d word 'creation' there. Ha! U have start twisting scriptures to suit urself beautiful nonsense. I hope u provide a real quote that says or comes close to saying or from which '' jesus is a creature" can b infered. Peace |
ijawkid: Oboy I don tell u...aha, a christian who doesnt believe that a human has a soul or spirit yet he owns a bible that say Jesus preached to the spirits in prison and his own bible also tells him that elija and moses appeared to Jesus yet a Jehova witness would still deny that he has a soul. Ha!! GOD have mercy. Peace |
You decided to select the scripture to quote and you decided to quote that which refers to the xtians on earth. It seems u are fooling urself. ijawkid: These are d scriptures u cited...you forgot to quote rev5:8 u also refused to quote the verses that shows that angel interceed. U seem to be fooling urself. Who was paul talking to there in that verse??dead saints??i quoted those verses to show d intercession of d saints on earth, but u decided to skip the part that is against ur doctrine wu are u fooling? was rev5:8 talking about saints on earth?? or the living brothers and sisters.....oboy e be like u need googles to read that verse....or those wu have died and are now in heaven... Do you need googles to know that d verse u quote above are above saints on earth while rev5:8 is about those wu have died and are in heaven? Colossians 4:3that verse supports intercession of d saints on earth open to rev5:6 and see that of those wu have transited. U seem not to even understand what ur doing....u seem to lack understanding and it also seem u delibrately skiped rev5:8. U are praying thru the dead to intercede for u......that is called ancestral worship.....hahaha and in rev5:8 d prayers of those on earth was offered to God by the saints and God wasnt angry. It seems u are in a world of ur own and all u see in that ur fantasy land is anscetral worship. Paul was talking to christians who were alive and not dead persons.....wu was john talking about in rev 5:8? Those on earth or those u call dead? I am alive so I can put u in my prayers......if I am dead I can't....get it??why doesnt d bible say so? Y does d bible say d saints and angels in heaven interceed for those on earth? Y does the bible say that to God no one is dead? There is no bible scripture that supports ur point on prayin thru mary....none...not even 1 scritpure.......that is becos u decided to skip rev 5:8 Oboy read those verses well again and don't tell me about spirit......u just dont cease to amaze me. Ubenedictus: very well d psamist asks d all in heaven to join in a prayer of praise just like i ask d angels and saints to join me in a prayer of thanksgiving each morning ps103:20-21, ps148:1-2, the next passage show an angel interceeding for israel zec 11:16. The elder (saints in authority) interceed for us (offer our prayers to God) rev5:8, an angel may also interceed rev8:2 and 3. So yes my bible shows me that d saint in heaven and angel can interceed (offer prayer to d most high) and my bible also shows me that men may ask d angels and saints to join in prayer. If u have dan3:58 and dan3:86 in ur bible then check them. Mat17:3, mk9:4, luk9:30 assures me that those wu have left dis earth are alive and 1pt tells me that Jesus preached to d spirits in prison. And christ say he who lives and blives shal neva die.luk20:38 tells me that 'all are alive to God'. So friend to God abraham moses elijah and even paul peter and mary are alive.so next time befor u go about making noise do well to read the whole post. Becos it shows both angels and 'dead' saint interceeding. Peace |
BARRISTERS: im not talking of 'same image' because humans too are said to be created in Gods image,but same in everything such that no one is greater than anotherJesus posses the very imprint of his fadas nature heb1:2. Equality of nature phil2:6. Peace |
BARRISTERS: @ubenedictus,it seems u just didn exercise enough patience becos abt 5mins after this my post appeared. Peace |
BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictusok i believe i can work with that. I sam2:3 ...for d lord is a God of knowledge. Ps147:5 his understanding is infinite. Jn3:20 he knows all things, act15:18 from all eternity, his knowledge is unsearchable rm11:33, beyond measure ps147:5, perfect job37:16. He know what happens on earth ex3:7, from d past act 15:18, he predicts is46:10, gen 18:18, 2kg8:10. This is all abt the knowledge of d divinity. The knowledge of God transcends d knowledge of man is55:8,9 d knowledge God posses is too wonderful for mans mind, it is too high ps139:6. Do you suppose that the limited can totally grasp the unlimited? or that the finite can totally contain the infinity? Do you suppose the human mind can search the divinity? My answer is no. This i present to show u that the infinitness of the divinity would not fit the human mind. Because of that the human mind he can increase in wisdom as lk2:52 attest. In his divinity he is alike to his father's knowledge. He is d heir of all things, creation was his work, he reflects the divine glory and bears the very stamp of the divine nature heb1:2, truly everything has been given to the son, and everything the fada has is his, whoever knows him has known d fada jn14:7,9, and the son knows everything jn16:29-30, he is the power and wisdom of God 1cor1:24. Like his fada he also predictsmatt24:30 like his father he know what happens on earth rev2:2,9,13,19.3:1,8,15 Infact all the teasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in christ, all Col2:3. So to your question 'why didnt his human nature know the date of the end while on earth?' i posit that on earth all knowledge where hidden in him. His human nature served as a vessel hidding that infinite knowledge that resided in his divinity. The end of the world couldnt come from his humanity, it could only be known thru his divinity. An so from his humanity he couldnt really know when the world would end. I wish to go futher to say that d apostles understood that by the word 'nor the son' he expressed a decision not to tell becos one would notice that in acts 1 the apostles ask again about the time and he goes on to clarify that it is the will of God that man be ignorant of the times and seasons the father has placed. So dear friend i agree that the father sets the times and seasons by his own authority, but i would disagree with your insinuation that in his divinity Jesus didnt know because my bible shows me that all knowledge is hidden in christ Jesus and i would disagree even more with your insinuations that christ Jesus didnt posses divinity because my bible tells me that he is God and goes on to clarify that the fulness of the Godhead rested on him bodily. Truly i join in saying that great is the mystery of the divinity. But grow in grace and knowledge of our lord and saviour Jesus christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. AMEN. Peace be unto u. |
I think u should be very careful what you say, truthislight: Jesus came to undo what Adam had course.can a man pay for mans past, present and future sins? No Adam lost a perfect life that he had befor he sin so he did not have perfection or a perfect body/life to Give us his children.my bible doesnt call christ 'a creation' it says instead that all things were created thru him. So where did u get creation from? So, he equals Adam and can buy back what Adam lost.my bible didnt say adam and Jesus are equal pls give me quote If he was God how can he be equal to Adam or the last Adam.where did u get d idea that they are equal? Just like Adam gave to his children imperfection also our new father like Adam give to us what he has = a clean slate wiping off Adam sin making forgives of sin for all men possible.i think u have alot of quote to provide. Peace |
BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictusif i had a passage that said exactly that it wouldnt even make a difference, i wouldnt even see the need of posting it. If a christian would deny that God has infinite knowledge just so he would feel good about a discussion i wouldnt like to waste time giving him more thing so he could just deny them. Peace |
BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictus, ihedinobi should ignore this,i thought it was ihedinobi.my bad, i probably read ur post in a haste and didnt take time to get what you meant exactly. I am sorry for the misunderstanding. I probably interpreted the worst from that paragraph, really sorry. Peace |
bright007: what will are u talking about here?ofcourse a man is driven by his genetic makeup, but the genetic makeup unlike a computer program can reply in two different ways when given the same variable, man is rational and posses reasoning ability he can decide for his situation and can even go against the expected because genes arent programs. They have a role to play in every decision but most times those decisions are finalised in the mind. Mans ability to act in different given same variable and his ability to reason 'outside the box' is what i refer to when i say man has a will, the ability to chose either this or that. And please remember i didnt add the word 'free' to the word 'will'. Peace |
Ihedinobi: In short, because I've talked so much already, we are saved by Jesus's Death because He was powerful enough to take on the full weight of the world's sin and compass the whole of eternity to suffer death for every man. And to conquer death and bring it under His dominions.this captures what i belive. Peace |
Ptolomeus: You have a swastika on his forehead, and seeks to hide it with a crucifix. You are a coward, because he can not accept that it is a Nazi in disguise. You yourself have shown that Catholicism and Nazism go together. You have defined as a Nazi Catholic. You yourself have provided the necessary proof to his stupid comment. No more I try anything.isnt it funny, i thought u were only interested in calling pope pius a nazi, well it seem that didnt satisfy you, u decided to link the whole catholic church with d nazi group over 1bn people and of course add me to the nazi even without proof that the catholic church supported any of the injustice of d nazis, yet u are the first to call me a coward, well that is funny considering that u couldnt provide proof that the church supported d nazi movement. If there is anything wrong in what i have said point it out with proof if not, why do yo insult me? If you read the encyclical i provided in the link you would see it condemns racism in &8 mentioned and condemned again in &10 and 11. "&8 whoever exalts race or people or state or a particular form of state or depositories of poter or any other fundamental value of d human community-however necessary and honorable be their function in the worldly affairs- whoever raises these notions above their standard value and divinises them to an idolatrous level, distorts and pervert an order of the world planned and created by God;he is far from the true faith in God and from the concept of lif which that faith upholds independent of country or race." I would be clear, i consider all humans no matter the race, tribe language or nationality to be equal in dignity, and i truly frown at injustice but anyone who isnt an illitrate will be aware that most of d western world considerd blacks to be 'babarian' and if hitler did as most others it is his bad. What he did or didnt say about blacks has nothing to do with the true teachings of the church. I donot post on nairaland to satisfy those who run from the truth, i post for those who truly seek truth even when they find out that their previous ideas were wrong, i do go on and add to that i already presented. http://academics.smcvt.edu/pcouture/jewish_historian_praises_pius_xi.htm this is from a jew who had first had experience of what happened. http://archive.catholic.com/thisrock/1997/9702fea1.asp. Peace unto you ptolomeus. My respects. |
Dear barristers if i have a list of people who suprise me d most, i would put your name would be among the 1st 10, you claim victory even before d end of a contest, and u even claim victory as though u were in a debate with judges. As it seems you are more inclined to the winner-loser mentality i would love a debate. BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictuswell dear friend it seems u didnt even start the discussion from the bgining becos if u did u would have seen my posts the bgining and not insinuate that 'i joined myself to the issue' you should know by now that if any gospel does not or cannot be reconcilled with the main ideas available in all the verses contained in the sacred scriptures also know as the bible,then it is to be rejected and abandoned in whole,irrespective of who pronounced such gospel;maybe pastor,bishop,pope even an angel,...we are to reject it;i think you should repeat that advise to urself, u are the person assert that ' the fullness of d divinity didnt rest of christ bodily' when my bible clearly states otherwise failure to quote just one bible verse to back up [b[size=18pt]]''why knowledge was'nt available to jesus human mind when he is God incarnate in human is contradictory''[/size][/b] and further cross examinations will expose you to something that i wouldnt like,its laughable anyway,but if you read my discussion with olaadegbu very well i even went extra mile into hebrew/greek translations used then to translate the old and new testaments respectively to draw out meanings used in a particular context and which he did not or have not yet argued.u may want to repaste it, i would love to see it so my brother we agree to disagree or disagree to agree, we are friends,you have lost this argument unless you supply the bible verse to back up your claim above,thanks and God bless you in all your ways.God bless you too, anytime i see you i would remember u are the 1st xtian i meet who denies that God's knowledge is infinite. Peace |
Dear barristers if i have a list of people who suprise me d most, i would be your name would be among the 1st 10, you claim victory even before d end of a contest, and u even claim victory as though u were in a debate with judges. As it seems you are more inclined to the winner-loser mentality i would love a debate. BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictuswell dear friend it seems u didnt even start the discussion from the bgining becos if u did u would have seen my posts the bgining and not insinuate that 'i joined myself to the issue' you should know by now that if any gospel does not or cannot be reconcilled with the main ideas available in all the verses contained in the sacred scriptures also know as the bible,then it is to be rejected and abandoned in whole,irrespective of who pronounced such gospel;maybe pastor,bishop,pope even an angel,...we are to reject it;i think you should repeat that advise to urself, u are the person assert that ' the fullness of d divinity didnt rest of christ bodily' when my bible clearly states otherwise failure to quote just one bible verse to back up [b[size=18pt]]''why knowledge was'nt available to jesus human mind when he is God incarnate in human is contradictory''[/size][/b] and further cross examinations will expose you to something that i wouldnt like,its laughable anyway,but if you read my discussion with olaadegbu very well i even went extra mile into hebrew/greek translations used then to translate the old and new testaments respectively to draw out meanings used in a particular context and which he did not or have not yet argued.u may want to repaste it, i would love to see it so my brother we agree to disagree or disagree to agree, we are friends,you have lost this argument unless you supply the bible verse to back up your claim above,thanks and God bless you in all your ways.God bless you too, anytime i see you i would remember u are the 1st xtian i meet who denies that God's knowledge is infinite. Peace |
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BARRISTERS: @Ubenedictusso u need a bible verse to inform u that divine knowledge is infinite? Do u also need a bible verse to inform u that ur human mind is finite? You really want to play the dull boy uh? And u also nid a verse to inform u that d divine infinite knowledge cannot fit into a finite mind right? Yeah if u nid a bible passage to inform u of that then i really dont see a reason for this discussion, because for d first time in my life i meet a xtian wu doesnt know that God is infinite in knowledge. Peace |
ijawkid: This explanation I could say is one of the most lame explanations trinitarians have ever given to back up there claims ......d fact that u have closed ur minds to it, doesnt make it lame. Even Jesus will be shaking his head to this explanation in heaven.....its so lame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i would say dsame to ur idea that Jesus is an angel. But u were the one who said even as @ when Jesus was 2years old he was fully GOD....ofcourse, and yet only once while alive did is divinity transfigure his humanity. Because his glory as God could only b reveal when his humanity is informed by his divinity Now ur giving us a lame reason why his knowledge on when the world wuld end diminished or dwindled drastically even after being annointed by the holy spirit @ age 30.......sorry friend, u want to put words in my mouth, i didnt say it 'dwindled' i said that knowledge wasnt available to his human mind. My brother it doesn't make any sense.....it doesnt make sense to u. It doesn't make 1 sense,,,,,,,,,...........he didnt know becos that knowledge isnt in his human mind. Unless u cant undastand english. Peace |
BARRISTERS: @ubenedictusJesus was both God and man, as God d whole universe couldnt contain him, as man he was in a specific place on earth. As God he possesed infinite knowledge, d human mind can only contain limited knowledge, so unless his humanity is informed by his divinity he truly didnt know d date d world would end. So yes dear friend God never wanted humans to know d date of d end and thus that knowledge was kept from humanity. Peace |
ijawkid: @ ihedinobi my bro....no it shows how Jesus obedience saved us it says 'an being made perfect he be became d source (author) of salvation to all who obeyed him' it didnt say Jesus had glory and power becos he came to earth, it says by coming to earth he was able to learn our suffering thus he was a perfect priest and became source of salvation to all who obey him. That passage never said christ divine power came becos he came to earth besides ur conclusion contradicts scriptures jn17:5 'now father glorify me in thy own presence with the glory i had with thee before d world was made'(RSV) Jesus glory didnt bgin wen he obeyed his father and died for us, he had already shared his fathers glory before d world began. Thank u bro.....peace |
truthislight: Good,Jesus is high priest for us men unto his father, so? That doesnt prove anything. And lastly i do agree that this arguement isnt sweet. Peace |
ijawkid: So in all ur trying to prove to me that Yahweh can die(not immortal) and infact did die??yeah d almight is immortal, the divinity cant cease to exist and d divinity of christ neva cease to exist becos in his divinity he was immortal, but his humanity is mortal, d spirit can leave d body. As God he couldnt and didnt experience death but as man he could and did die for sins. Like I said and I've always said,Jesus indeed was bestowed with power from a higher source(Yahweh).......ofcourse he recieved divine life from his father, and was begoten eternal equal to d fada. Jesus choosing to lay down his life or take it does not prove d fact that he is BOTH fully man and GOD....he made his fada's will his will that is why he chose that which his fada had chosen. After all ,when he died,3days later it was his Father who ressurected him..........their are passages that say he was raised by d fada, odas say he raised himself. Read d whole scripture, dont cherry pick. Jesus got a reward for his obedience.....no sir, he already had life in himself accding to d gospel of john. New International Version (NIV) 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. .....[/quote]jn5:26 for as d father has life in himself so he has granted the son also to have life in himself(rsv). An imperfect creature beget another imperfect creature, a perfect creator beget a perfect creator, he who has live in himself also begets one wu has life in himself, God begets God and man beget man. Jesus was rewarded with immortality in that he was never to taste death again,but annointed and elevated to a lofty position by Yahweh.....he is now sitting @ d right hand of Yahweh until all his enemies are put under his feet........sorry, where did u hear d nonesense 'he was rewarded with immotality' becos im very sure d bible didnt say that, he was in d bginin jn1:1, and b4 d bgining it was eternity, so he existed eternally, Let's also read hebrews 5:4-10 to see d results of Jesus being obedient and willing to take his life so as to gain it back...so after all d rumbling u agree that d will of d fada and son united to save mankind, Good. Meaning that though he layed down his life out of his own initiative,he was @ d same time doing his Fathers will and not his own will.........no he was doing his fadas will and fulfuling d will of his divinity. Hebrews 10:7 tells us that.....wel it shows dat d only bgoten of d fada was totally obedient to his fada The Almighty cannot and does not die and no one,I repeat no one has ever seen HIM...........yet he has alway revealing himself. May he reveal himself to u. Peace |
ijawkid: The ""kenotic"" doctrine is just a term like trinity used by trinity adherents to describe Jesus emptying his GODhood to live on earth....that's what it says.....what is there to reconcile? To God all thing are posible, he could take on human nature phi2 explains it. That's why I said that those 2 concepts are totally contradictory.....what is contradictory? I don't know if ur getting my point??no im not. Jesus being refferd to as the son of GOD simply shows and means he is the son of GOD......like we and all d angels are(I'm not saying we or the angels are equal to JESUS)no! He is not just d son of God, he is d only begoten son, heb 1 says that God has never called anyman or angel 'begotten', so jesus is not a son like us, he was begoten we were adopted. That word ""son of GOD"" does not in anyway mean that Jesus was fully GOD here on earth........my bible says 'd fulness of d divinity dwelt in him corporally', phil2 clarifys his equality to d fada. Then he won't have to be called SON of MAN....he is son of man becos he is fuly man. Jesus was flesh and blood.....he was fully human and not fully GOD....u are contradicting scriptures again 'd fully of d divinity dwelt in him coporally'. Please study d scripture b4 u make such comments. If Jesus still had to be fully GOD here on earth then his death and sacrifice would have to be invalid....d reason his sacrifice is valid and infinite is becos he is fully God. Man cant wash away mans sins. That's why I said its either we choose 1 or leave the other.....no u are trapped in ur own web. And may I please add this ,that even as a human Jesus knew quite well were he came from and he knew about what he was b4 descending.....yeah he was d only begoten of d fada, God in nature. If Jesus culd say that only the Father knew when d end will come,and neither him nor the angels knew,he was simply just saying the truth..............or he didnt wish to tell us? D divinity isnt bound in space and time but d human nature is and unless he wills it d divinity would not show in his humanity, so unless he wishes his infinity knowledge wouldnt manifest in his human mind. So yes dear friend his human mind may not have know and yet in his divinity he was fully aware. Peace |
ijawkid: If he laid down his Godhood to be man,then it simply means he aint Yahweh or the almighty....he didnt lay down his Godhood becos one cant throw away his nature, instead he emptied himself of divine glory and took human nature. The almighty doesn't do that.......were did it say so? Jesus was a perfect man on earth.....and perfect God. Jesus didn't just choose to abandon his Godhood,he was infact running an errand for some1 higher than him and was a human on earth(perfect human).......d father and son also has one will, what d fada wants d son also wants, as d father luvs d world so does his son, he was flesh and blood on earthand also divine If not he wouldn't die nor have forgotten when the end will come.......d spirit left d body, but d divinity never ceased to exist. That's why he was called the son of man........it seem u forgot he is also called d only begoten of God and God. That phrase'""son of man"" contradicts whatever doctrine that says Jesus was fully the almighty and man @ d same time.......that seem so to u becos u are cherry picking, d same scriptures that call him son of man also call him son of God. Please read d scriptures as a unified whole. This mistake and contradictions many have made is what has made d trinity dogma more spurious than ever........d only mistakes i am seeing are ur insinuations I want u to read more about the kenotic doctrine and compare it with the trinity doctrine and then finally come back to the bible and see how they all contradict each other......d only thing that contradict scriptures is ur doctrine that say Jesus wasnt God in d flesh, and dat d fullness of d divinity doesnt rest on him corporally when d bible clearly states otherwise A lil question...:: would u have said Jesus was fully GOD and MAN @ d same time when he was 2 years old......??yes i would |
ijawkid: If he laid down his Godhood to be man,then it simply means he aint Yahweh or the almighty....he didnt lay down his Godhood becos one cant throw away his nature, instead he emptied himself of divine glory and took human nature. The almighty doesn't do that.......were did it say so? Jesus was a perfect man on earth.....and perfect God. Jesus didn't just choose to abandon his Godhood,he was infact running an errand for some1 higher than him and was a human on earth(perfect human).......d father and son also has one will, what d fada wants d son also wants, as d father luvs d world so does his son, he was flesh and blood on earthand also divine If not he wouldn't die nor have forgotten when the end will come.......d spirit left d body, but d divinity never ceased to exist. That's why he was called the son of man........it seem u forgot he is also called d only begoten of God and God. That phrase'""son of man"" contradicts whatever doctrine that says Jesus was fully the almighty and man @ d same time.......that seem so to u becos u are cherry picking, d same scriptures that call him son of man also call him son of God. Please read d scriptures as a unified whole. This mistake and contradictions many have made is what has made d trinity dogma more spurious than ever........d only mistakes i am seeing are ur insinuations I want u to read more about the kenotic doctrine and compare it with the trinity doctrine and then finally come back to the bible and see how they all contradict each other......d only thing that contradict scriptures is ur doctrine that say Jesus wasnt God in d flesh, and dat d fullness of d divinity doesnt rest on him corporally when d bible clearly states otherwise A lil question...:: would u have said Jesus was fully GOD and MAN @ d same time when he was 2 years old......??yes i would |
U may want to read this book, i havent read it personally but those who have say it is a classic when explaining faith and works. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0809104067/ref=redir_mdp_mobile [quote author=Mr_Anony]No need to edit it out. let it be there for our education. For me as for the issue of works, to be honest I am quite ignorant on the matter and part of why I opened the thread was so that I could learn. I consider it a great privilege to be born-again in the first place. It confuses me how God will love a filthy sinner like me and then after loving me so much in a way that I don't even deserve, He still rewards me for work which in truth we are merely vessels and it is Him that is actually doing. He gives me so much more for nothing. That's why I say He is a crazy crazy God. The part I am confused about is how the verse I used in 1 Cor 3 reads and other parables (which you cited) where we are rewarded according to our works i.e. more work, more reward. It bothers me because they seem to paint Christianity as a hierarchy and sort of a competition for power. Perhaps you've heard those that claim they will have more stars on their crown than others or more mansions while some will be houseboy [/i]and [i]gateman [/i]in Heaven. But I know that this power tussle and christian competition isn't encouraged by Christ - remember when the mother of James and John was trying to hustle Heavenly seats for her sons. Also there is the parable of laborers in Matthew 20 where the Master rewards all the laborers equally even though some came early and some came late and the early ones started complaining because they had done more work. The reply the Master gave them paints one of the best pictures of grace for me. The Master said; [i].......Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ Matt 20:15 Here He made it very clear that grace is a gift given as He wills and it is not by our effort. All that matters is that we have received the reward He has promised. God's grace is beyond my understanding. The more I think of it, the more bewildered I get. I still can't get my head around how God can possibly put up with us in all our iniquity. The fact that He then goes on to bless us for work that we didn't do - that actually the Holy Spirit has been doing in us and through us - helps to crank up my confusion a few notches. God's love is just Crazy Crazy and even more CRAZZZZZZZZY!!! Now this brings me to the same question Pastor AIO asked. "What is the Loss that such a man suffers?" remember that the work for which he was going to be rewarded sef is not even really his work in the first place but God's work. I have tried reading 1Corinthians 3 over and over again and I still don't get it. I know you answered that it is a loss of reward, but my point is that you can't lose what you never had in the first place, we don't deserve the reward, we don't even deserve the right to work not to talk of the reward. Perhaps the topic of this thread should have been GRACE: Why Not Work? (my musings) but then the question still stares at me. What is the loss such a man suffers? I am hoping that as we study the scripture, perhaps God willing it will be revealed to us.[/quote]God works in and thru us thru d action of d holyspirit, we may call that grace=undeserved divine favour. But even a born again xtian can decide to grieve the holy spirit and go against grace, in essence we may refuse to work with God's grace. Each day, each moment of our lives we must make that decision wether to work in accord with grace or not. For each time when man responds to d prompting of grace he fulfils d divine will for his life and a reward for himself, yet that reward isnt about 'who came first' like d parable u refered to above, it is based on who loved most. Take a look at this explanation. [url]http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_csc/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a2.htm.[/quote]Peace |
ijawkid: Those christians that paul asked to make intercessions in behalf of there fellow brothers were they already dead??very well d psamist asks d all in heaven to join in a prayer of praise just like i ask d angels and saints to join me in a prayer of thanksgiving each morning ps103:20-21, ps148:1-2, the next passage show an angel interceeding for israel zec 11:16. The elder (saints in authority) interceed for us (offer our prayers to God) rev5:8, an angel may also interceed rev8:2 and 3. So yes my bible shows me that d saint in heaven and angel can interceed (offer prayer to d most high) and my bible also shows me that men may ask d angels and saints to join in prayer. If u have dan3:58 and dan3:86 in ur bible then check them. Mat17:3, mk9:4, luk9:30 assures me that those wu have left dis earth are alive and 1pt tells me that Jesus preached to d spirits in prison. And christ say he who lives and blives shal neva die.luk20:38 tells me that 'all are alive to God'. So friend to God abraham moses elijah and even paul peter and mary are alive. That would totally go against Yahwehs arrangement.....my bible didnt say that God was angry when d angels and saint of authority (elders) offered him our prayers. Where did u get this idea? That wuld be ancestral worship my bro...no my dear it would be intercession. Only pagans expected d dead to intercede for them.......no my dear, to worship something, u have to ascribe divinity to dat thing, d saint arent God so they cant be worship. The only person who died, was ressurected and has d right to intercede for us is JESUS and only Jesus......my bible shows that those in christ fellow xtians on earth can interceed thru christ rm15:30, col4:3, 1thes5:25, 2thess3:1 so ur insinuation that only christ can interceed is wrong. My bible also shows that d saints and angel can do same thru christ. My bible also shows me that we can learn frm d saints heb12:1-2. Peace |
tintingz: yeah ofcuz I dont even expect you to beliv in d Quran cuz u re brainwashed...and yes imams are God creation they are still alive not dead they asists us in prayers...but catholics create statures of Mary and the saints they kneel and bow before it as if they are gods...Jesus ur god even said you shall pray to the father only through him? or did he mention Mary or his followers?...catholics are pagans including all christians cus y'all worship the jew cross.hahaha, if u want to display ignorance pls do it galantly. JESUS said all should pray thru him and yet xtians right from d bgining have used intercession, ur understanding of prayin thru christ is seriously defective, d saint both on earth and in heaven are 'in christ'. I doubt u would understand that. Peace |
MacDaddy01: Sorry then. Thanks for explaining your positionyou're welcome, not everyone is humble enough to apologise when they are wrong. It is a laudable thing that you did. Peace be unto u. |
manmustwac: What has that got to do with the point. Is it not the same Nigerians who pray for safe journeys. good leadership, for constant power for their sick relatives etc. Do us people living in atheist Great Britain have to pray for any of the above i just mentioned?many in britain pray for those thing, atheist in Britain arent up to 70% of the population, so there are many religious people in britain. In theory i believe just one man is needed to save a whole nation. Peace |
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