John8:28,Idonothingofmyowninitiative"Jesusthereforesaid,'WhenyouliftuptheSonofMan,thenyouwillknowthatIamHe,andIdonothingonMyowninitiative,butIspeakthesethingsastheFathertaughtMe,'"(John8:28).
WhywouldJesussayinJohn8:28,"Idonothingofmyself"?IfheisGod,can'theanythinghewants?BasicChristiantheologyteachesthatJesusisbothdivineandhumanatthesametime.Inotherwords,Jesushastwonatures:Godandman.Wefindsup...[阅读全文]
得窥天境
得窥天境，须看透红尘万丈；人神相通，只凭借灵犀一缕。信靠耶稣，此外路路是绝望；坚定不移，万里迢迢聚天堂。
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John5:18,"..makingHimselfequaltoGod""ForthiscausethereforetheJewswereseekingallthemoretokillHim,becauseHenotonlywasbreakingtheSabbath,butalsowascallingGodHisownFather,makingHimselfequalwithGod,"(John5:18,NASB).WhenusingthisverseagainsttheJehovah'sWitnesses(andanyothergroupthatdeniesJesus'deity),theresponsetheyhaveisasfollows.TheyaskifJesusactuallysinnedandbroketheSabbath.OfcourseHedidnot.Thentheyt...[阅读全文]
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BaptismandJohn3:5"Truly,truly,Isaytoyou,unlessoneisbornagain,hecannotseethekingdomofGod."4Nicodemus*saidtoHim,"Howcanamanbebornwhenheisold?Hecannotenterasecondtimeintohismother'swombandbeborn,canhe?"5Jesusanswered,"Truly,truly,Isaytoyou,unlessoneisbornofwaterandtheSpirit,hecannotenterintothekingdomofGod.6"Thatwhichisbornofthefleshisflesh,andthatwhichisbornoftheSpiritisspirit.7"DonotmarvelthatIsaid...[阅读全文]
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TheJehovah'sWitnessesandJohn1:1In[the]beginningtheWordwas,andtheWordwaswithGod,
andtheWordwasagod."TheNewWorldTranslationThisisoneofthemostcommonversesofcontentionbetweentheJehovah'sWitnessesandChristians.TheirfalseassumptionisthatJesusisnotGodinflesh,butMichaelthearchangelwhobecameaman.Therefore,sincetheydenythatJesusisdivine,theyhavealteredtheBibleinJohn1:1sothatJesusisnotdivineinnature.TheN...[阅读全文]
andtheWordwasagod."TheNewWorldTranslationThisisoneofthemostcommonversesofcontentionbetweentheJehovah'sWitnessesandChristians.TheirfalseassumptionisthatJesusisnotGodinflesh,butMichaelthearchangelwhobecameaman.Therefore,sincetheydenythatJesusisdivine,theyhavealteredtheBibleinJohn1:1sothatJesusisnotdivineinnature.TheN...[阅读全文]
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TheFigTree
Luke13:1-91.NowonthesameoccasionthereweresomepresentwhoreportedtoHimabouttheGalileans,whosebloodPilatehadmingled[shedalongwith]withtheirsacrifices.Josephus,theJewishhistorianofthetimeofChristandafter,recordsanumberofmassacresduringthisperiod,butdoesnotmentionthisone.
PerhapsthepeoplereportingtoJesuswereseekingtogetHimtocommentpoliticallyonPilateandtherebyuseJesusasameansofrallyi...[阅读全文]
Luke13:1-91.NowonthesameoccasionthereweresomepresentwhoreportedtoHimabouttheGalileans,whosebloodPilatehadmingled[shedalongwith]withtheirsacrifices.Josephus,theJewishhistorianofthetimeofChristandafter,recordsanumberofmassacresduringthisperiod,butdoesnotmentionthisone.
PerhapsthepeoplereportingtoJesuswereseekingtogetHimtocommentpoliticallyonPilateandtherebyuseJesusasameansofrallyi...[阅读全文]
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TheGoodSamaritan
Luke10:25-37THEME:WhatmustIdotoinheriteternallife?25.Andbehold,acertainlawyerstoodupandputHimtothetest,saying,"Teacher,whatshallIdotoinheriteternallife?"Lawyer:OnewhoisanexpertintheLawofMoses.Oftenthisindividualwascalledupontosettlelegalissues."Hestoodup."Thisisasocialcourtesyandagreetingofrespect.Yet,inhishearthesoughttotestJesus.Thisisacontradictionbetweenhisactionsandhiswor...[阅读全文]
Luke10:25-37THEME:WhatmustIdotoinheriteternallife?25.Andbehold,acertainlawyerstoodupandputHimtothetest,saying,"Teacher,whatshallIdotoinheriteternallife?"Lawyer:OnewhoisanexpertintheLawofMoses.Oftenthisindividualwascalledupontosettlelegalissues."Hestoodup."Thisisasocialcourtesyandagreetingofrespect.Yet,inhishearthesoughttotestJesus.Thisisacontradictionbetweenhisactionsandhiswor...[阅读全文]
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Mary,fullofgrace,andLuke1:28AccordingtoTheCatholicEncyclopedia(TCE)underthetopicofHailMaryitsays,"Hail(Mary)fullofgrace,theLordiswiththee,blessedartthouamongstwomen",embodiesthewordsusedbytheAngelGabrielinsalutingtheBlessedVirgin(Luke,I,28)."TheRomanCatholicChurchderivesallsortsofteachingsconcerningMaryfromthephrase"fullofgrace."Twoofthemare...Shewasconceivedwithoutsin."...Itwasfittingthatthemothe...[阅读全文]
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BaptismandMark16:16
"Hewhobelievesandisbaptizedwillbesaved;buthewhodoesnotbelievewillbecondemned."Thisverseisfrequentlyusedbybaptismalregenerationiststoshowthatbaptismisnecessaryforsalvation.Itsayshewhobelievesandisbaptizedwillbesaved.Therefore,theyconcludethatbaptismisanecessarypartofbecomingsaved.But,doesthisverseprovethatbaptismisnecessaryforsalvation?Notatall.
Mark16:16doesnotsaythatba...[阅读全文]
"Hewhobelievesandisbaptizedwillbesaved;buthewhodoesnotbelievewillbecondemned."Thisverseisfrequentlyusedbybaptismalregenerationiststoshowthatbaptismisnecessaryforsalvation.Itsayshewhobelievesandisbaptizedwillbesaved.Therefore,theyconcludethatbaptismisanecessarypartofbecomingsaved.But,doesthisverseprovethatbaptismisnecessaryforsalvation?Notatall.
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WhydidJesuscryout,
"MyGod,MyGod,whyhaveyouforsakenMe?"InMatthew27:45-46,itsays,"Nowfromthesixthhourdarknessfelluponallthelanduntiltheninthhour.46AndabouttheninthhourJesuscriedoutwithaloudvoice,saying,"Eli,Eli,lamasabachthani?"thatis,"MyGod,MyGod,whyhastThouforsakenMe?"IfJesusisGod,whywouldHesaythis?
Firstofall,JesusquotedPsalm22:1whichbeginswith,"MyGod,MyGod,whyhastThouforsakenMe?".Jesusqu...[阅读全文]
"MyGod,MyGod,whyhaveyouforsakenMe?"InMatthew27:45-46,itsays,"Nowfromthesixthhourdarknessfelluponallthelanduntiltheninthhour.46AndabouttheninthhourJesuscriedoutwithaloudvoice,saying,"Eli,Eli,lamasabachthani?"thatis,"MyGod,MyGod,whyhastThouforsakenMe?"IfJesusisGod,whywouldHesaythis?
Firstofall,JesusquotedPsalm22:1whichbeginswith,"MyGod,MyGod,whyhastThouforsakenMe?".Jesusqu...[阅读全文]
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Matt.25:46andUniversalism"Andthesewillgoawayintoeternalpunishment,
buttherighteousintoeternallife"(Matt.25:46).牋牋Theuniversalistsdonotbelieveineternalpunishment.[阅读全文]
buttherighteousintoeternallife"(Matt.25:46).牋牋Theuniversalistsdonotbelieveineternalpunishment.[阅读全文]
