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post Mar 23 2020, 01:08 PM

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QUOTE(lurkingaround @ Mar 23 2020, 01:06 PM)
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How did God/Jesus reached out to the Gentiles who mostly knew nuts about His Word and Law in the Old Testament.? = He used a Pharisee Jewish zealot and Roman citizen who had both feet or experience and knowledge in Judaism/Christianity and Roman Gentilism, ie apostle Paul. 
....... Similarly we have a number of Christian converts who were ex-Muslims = have both feet in Islam and Christianity; and a number of Christian converts who were ex-Buddhists, ex-Taoists, ex-Hindus, ex-atheists/communists, ex-Jews, ex-etc.

People like you and me are likely not equipped by the Spirit of God to reach out to Muslims. Instead, we should heed the warning of 1PET.5:8, eg avoid breaking the local laws(MATT..22:21) by not proselytizing to Muslims in Malaysia like aral8007 = may end up like Pastor Raymond Koh. If Malaysian Muslims are interested to convert, there are ways, though quite difficult, eg Lina Joy who emigrated or escaped from Malaysia.
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There are many powerful converts all around the world actually. They themselves testified the presence of God is real.
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post Mar 23 2020, 01:48 PM

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during these difficult times, we should spend more time to pray more instead of debating/bickering with one another.

lets pray for fast recovery of our country & the world to normal times.. we need a cure badly to fight this virus.
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QUOTE(Davidtcf @ Mar 23 2020, 01:48 PM)
during these difficult times, we should spend more time to pray more instead of debating/bickering with one another.

lets pray for fast recovery of our country & the world to normal times.. we need a cure badly to fight this virus.
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agreed bro.

this virus is just another sign that we are already in the end times.



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post Mar 23 2020, 09:12 PM

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QUOTE(popcorneater @ Mar 23 2020, 12:01 PM)
it is to understand their frame of mind.

only then we can give them answers that will challenge them to thinknfor themselves
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Sorry for the late reply, that is very noble of you and good of you too but I will have to pass. It is just not for me. I would rather delight myself completely in the Gospel. How happy are those who truly understands the meaning of every word that is found in the Gospel.

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post Mar 23 2020, 11:49 PM

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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Mar 21 2020, 11:09 PM)
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37 If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me. 38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

Every step of way only confirm Triune God. The Trinity is all over the place.
Jesus is Son of God. ie...God, if it was merely in reference to human sonship, the teachers would not be triggered to stone him. Jesus constantly refers Himself with 2 titles.

Son of God and Son of Man. As what I've told you, He is Man and God at the same time.
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Jesus was not the only son of god in the bible.
Son of god means the believer.
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post Mar 23 2020, 11:52 PM

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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 23 2020, 11:49 PM)
Jesus was not the only son of god in the bible.
Son of god means the believer.
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Erm, that is not right.

John 3:16 (NIV) - 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


Definate Article "The" not just any sons of God. For believers we are called Children of God, not Sons of God.

1 John 3:10 (NIV) - This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.


The title Sons of God are usually coffered to God's Angel but Christ is the only one given the Title Singular Son, meaning the only one.


Sorry your theology is an error.


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post Mar 23 2020, 11:53 PM

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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Mar 21 2020, 11:20 PM)
John 17

1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. 2For You granted Him authority over all humanity,a so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. 3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

If Jesus was a mere human prophet, he cannot give eternal life. Only God can.
The Union between Jesus and Father God is already there. That is the 1st order. Jesus prayed that his followers will also be in union as they "already" are. That is the 2nd order of sequence.

That is why in Christianity, the relationship for the believers and God is very close.
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-jesus receive glory from the father, and also authority as i said before, all miracles can only be done with the father's permission (authority)
-'union' between jesus and the father (the only true god) did not make jesus a god. Union here described as same belief

Why did u quote verses showing jesus had to ask the father for help?
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post Mar 23 2020, 11:55 PM

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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 23 2020, 11:53 PM)
-jesus receive glory from the father, and also authority as i said before, all miracles can only be done with the father's permission (authority)
-'union' between jesus and the father (the only true god) did not make jesus a god. Union here described as same belief

Why did u quote verses showing jesus had to ask the father for help?
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All the weak things that you've mentioned just shows Jesus is also as Man represented.
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post Mar 23 2020, 11:58 PM

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QUOTE(lurkingaround @ Mar 21 2020, 11:56 PM)
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The Son, Jesus Christ on earth, had measureless or limitless  Spirit and Spiritual power in Him = God/the Word became flesh. Not the same for Christians on earth, ie they have measured or limited Spirit and Spiritual power in them. ......

JOHN.3: =  34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

EPH.4: =  4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Spiritual Gifts

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore He says:

“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”

9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

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Where do u get this -measureless, limitless' feature of jesus?

Jesus said it himself in john 5:30:
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Did jesus lie here when he said he can do nothing by himself?
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QUOTE(prophetjul @ Mar 22 2020, 10:08 AM)
god may have died. But GOD did not die on the cross. Jesus the man died on the cross and shed His blood as a sacrfice for the atonement of sins of mankind.
Then He rose on the Sabbath 3 days later to DEMONSTRATE that He had the authority over life and death.
Believe in His work.
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So u agree god died on the cross?
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QUOTE(pehkay @ Mar 22 2020, 11:10 AM)
Try to read my last two posts slowly. biggrin.gif

I can put it in another way:

The God who died for us is not the God before incarnation. Prior to incarnation, God certainly did not have blood, and He could not have died for us. It was after the incarnation, in which God was mingled with humanity, that He died for us. Through incarnation, our God, the Creator, the eternal One, Jehovah, became mingled with man. As a result, He was no longer only God, He became a God-man. As the God-man, He surely had blood and was able to die for us

When the God-man died on the cross, He died not only as man but also as God. The One who died on the cross was the One who had been conceived of God and born with God. Because He was a God-man, the very element of God was in Him. The divine element was mingled with His humanity.

In the conception of the Lord Jesus, the God-man, the divine essence out of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1:18-20; Luke 1:35) was generated in Mary's womb. Such a conception of the Holy Spirit in the human virgin, accomplished with both the divine and human essences, constituted a mingling of the divine nature with the human nature and produced the God-man, One who is both the complete God and a perfect man, possessing the divine nature and the human nature distinctively, without a third nature being produced. This is the most wonderful and excellent person of Jesus.

The conception and birth of the Lord Jesus was God’s incarnation (John 1:14), constituted of the divine essence added to the human essence, hence, producing the God-man of two natures - divinity and humanity. Through this, God joined Himself to humanity that He might be manifested in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16) and might be the Savior (Luke 2:11) who died and shed His blood for us.

Now that is the awesome good news ~~~
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This is one of the heresy - hypostatic union of jesus.
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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 24 2020, 12:02 AM)
This is one of the heresy - hypostatic union of jesus.
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According to who?
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QUOTE(popcorneater @ Mar 22 2020, 08:40 PM)
one can argue all one wants and still be considered misguided.

aral is sincere in trying to point it out to us

however, whether he is right or wrong remains to be seen

I think aral has to honestly look at both christianity and islam and decide for himself which faith's followers are bringing peace to the world today.

every faith has it's fanatics but for one in particular, it seems to be the norm rather than the exception.

actions do speak louder than words, right?
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I'm not even compare with islam
What I've done till now read the niv bible as it is and found out most verses have clear cut expalanations and some contradict with other verses in the bible itself.

I prioritize what jesus said first (some call it red ink in the bible), then i prioritize others witness in the bible.

How can the truth of a verse be accepted when other verse contradict it?

The might be few who reply here but i believe many people actually reading this thread and not treat it as one of casual place to hang out in internet. Do u all not thinking the truth?
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Mar 22 2020, 08:43 PM)
I've actually ponder what you said in the last few line....the same as you.  But that is not for discussion in this thread.

This is a Christian fellowship thread where Christians hang out.  biggrin.gif
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I will stop if this is not the place to discuss it as i myself as an outsider found this thread is the most suitable place to talk about christianity.

Like i said before, if u treat this thread as an online church, i will stop, it's as easy as that.
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Mar 22 2020, 09:07 PM)
Yup

Psalm 34:8 (NIV) - Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Chriatinity is living experiental and not just a concept.

God is faithful, so much so..we know Christ Jesus is the True and Living God.
We cannot deny, we cannot reject after tasting this LIVING GOD!
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If 'the lord' here refer to jesus, then jesus himslef said this in luke 18:19
“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone

One thing i cant understand is, do the christian follower read the bible before believing, or speak or giving statement?cz mostly the bible itself that contradict their understanding.

Bro, the trinity/triune is already an extrabiblical concept/doctrine as u can found in christian history
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QUOTE(yeeck @ Mar 23 2020, 11:11 AM)
There are more to this. Muslims believe that the Quran is revealed directly from God, not written by human hands (think of it like Moses receiving the Law directly from God on Mt Sinai). For them the Bible is corrupted over the centuries. yet, Christians are considered People of the Book, but.............folks like Dr ZN likes to (mis)quote from the Bible.
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U mean injil?gospel of jesus right?
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QUOTE(popcorneater @ Mar 23 2020, 12:01 PM)
it is to understand their frame of mind.

only then we can give them answers that will challenge them to thinknfor themselves
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True
Treat any book or reading material as a scholar project, cz it will take time to read something like bible or quran, like Lesley Hazleton did. To my surprise she even opened multiple dictionary when reading quran so as to get the correct understanding of the translation, and also as not to misinterpret.
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QUOTE(lurkingaround @ Mar 23 2020, 01:06 PM)
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How did God/Jesus reached out to the Gentiles who mostly knew nuts about His Word and Law in the Old Testament.? = He used a Pharisee Jewish zealot and Roman citizen who had both feet or experience and knowledge in Judaism/Christianity and Roman Gentilism, ie apostle Paul. 
....... Similarly we have a number of Christian converts who were ex-Muslims = have both feet in Islam and Christianity; and a number of Christian converts who were ex-Buddhists, ex-Taoists, ex-Hindus, ex-atheists/communists, ex-Jews, ex-etc.

People like you and me are likely not equipped by the Spirit of God to reach out to Muslims. Instead, we should heed the warning of 1PET.5:8, eg avoid breaking the local laws(MATT..22:21) by not proselytizing to Muslims in Malaysia like aral3005 = may end up like Pastor Raymond Koh. If Malaysian Muslims are interested to convert, there are ways, though quite difficult, eg Lina Joy who emigrated or escaped from Malaysia.
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Why dont u see christianity globally?especially in europe?
U need to know ur info from multiple sources to get better understandings, not just interpret something by yourself.
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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 24 2020, 12:18 AM)
If 'the lord' here refer to jesus, then jesus himslef said this in luke 18:19
“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone

One thing i cant understand is, do the christian follower read the bible before believing, or speak or giving statement?cz mostly the bible itself that contradict their understanding.

Bro, the trinity/triune is already an extrabiblical concept/doctrine as u can found in christian history
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Hi again friend,

I find your reading of the bible verses seriously biased against the plain meaning of the text.

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Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone
Re-read the text again.

The plain meaning here:
1) Jesus did not say He is NOT good
2) Jesus did not say He is NOT God.

If you say Jesus was denying His divinity in these verses, you are putting your own interpretation into it.

You see how biased one can be in reading a text?

We call this eisegesis. Reading your own interpretation into the text.
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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 24 2020, 12:00 AM)
So u agree god died on the cross?
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Read properly. cool2.gif
Your little god died. My God Almighty has no beginning and no end. To die is human. To shed blood is human.


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QUOTE(aral3005 @ Mar 24 2020, 12:18 AM)
If 'the lord' here refer to jesus, then jesus himslef said this in luke 18:19
“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone

One thing i cant understand is, do the christian follower read the bible before believing, or speak or giving statement?cz mostly the bible itself that contradict their understanding.

Bro, the trinity/triune is already an extrabiblical concept/doctrine as u can found in christian history
Hi. Have you heard of Jewish style of discourse? Its answering a question with a question.
In fact, Jesus was indicating that the ruler was right. He was right to call him God.
Please do not read everything in Hellenistic English understanding. The scriptures were written with a Jewish culture with lots of Hebraism and idioms.

The triune compositon of God is already found in the old testament. Lots of it. IF you seek to understand it in the Hebrew context.
Also, the multipilicity of the God found in the old testament has always astonished Jewish teachers.

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