Rose42

Confucius is irrelevant here. He can't even begin to approach God's wisdom.

I have no problem with people examining false teachers. None at all. The problem I have is with the benign tolerance of false teachings and Christians not calling them out more often. Eternity is at stake.

Those who don't have a solid foundation could be swept away before the word can take root. One must crawl before they can walk. If you are still a newborn infant you need to be extra careful. Satan prowls the earth looking for someone to devour. He doesn't care about non-believers. They're already his. He wants to prevent the word from taking root. Sure its the fault of the individual but why aid in turning someone away from salvation? Why condone it?

1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Ephesians 14
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[e] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

You will not grow in understanding of God if you agree with a false teacher. You will grow away from him.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

I have never seen His name spelled that way. It is probably a variation in spelling.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Rose, it is entirely up to you to continue defending the Triune nature of God. I don't know the stats, but I imagine there are very few Christians who deny God's multi-dimensional nature. Given the Biblical evidence that Yahweh is multi-dimensional, it is extremely difficult to see Him otherwise.

The question centers on who or what is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. If God is simply one-dimensional, then one must ask, which of these is He?

As the Bible tells us, we were created in the image of God. Not in our physical form, but in His multi-dimensional nature. We are not a body in possession of a spirit, we are a spirit in possession of a body. If we are multi-dimensional creatures with a mind, a heart, with will, emotions, desires and dreams, how much more so is God?

In approaching knowledge of the nature of God, we have two options. Do we determine or define who God is, or do we allow God to tell us and show us who He is?

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Israel means to struggle with God. You can not legitimately reduce it to one word, for Israel's last two letters "el" is God.

Islam means "submit" to Allah, who is not the God of the Bible or the God of Creation, but a blood thirsty idol, who is traceable to ancient Sumer's moon god, 5,ooo plus years ago.

I see no way to reduce Christianity to one word in English, nor is there any reason to do so.

Is this part of the modern mania to make all things equal, even when doing so defies all reason?

Definition of Christianity

1 : the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant bodies
2 : conformity to the Christian religion
3 : the practice of Christianity

First Known Use of of the word: Christianity

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 above.

Christians are not attacking churches.

Back to the much used: "You can walk into a garage, and call yourself an automobile..."

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

Well, all I can say is that Rose is following her heart in what the Father above has laid on it.

Are you doing the same?

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

You may find this rather interesting.

The true name of The Messiah is Yahusha
by Rav Sha'ul

http://www.sabbathcovenant.com/newdoctrine/the_name_yahshua.htm

Rose42

I don't know stats but I'm learning more and more that there are a lot of 'almost Christians' who would be swayed by this type of false teaching. Those and the ones who are still on milk and barely crawling in the faith. That's who Satan wants to trip up. More mature Christians and teachers should point out false teaching rather than tolerate it. TBN - which is supposed to be a Christian network - gives a lot of airtime to false teachers. Why do not more pastors and teachers correct them with the t***h? Martin Luther King once said that the greatest threat to civil rights wasn't the r****ts themselves but those who sat in church every Sunday and did nothing. Not the exact quote but words to that effect.

I'm finished but there are some here who are barely crawling and they're not as armed as more mature Christians are. Think of Christ being tempted in the desert. How many newborns in the faith know how to respond to being tempted like that? If you were training to be a doctor would you attempt a heart t***splant while still in med school? Not the best analogy but you know what I mean.

Yes God reveals who He is in the bible - at least what our finite minds can grasp. If we listen. But we have to be careful how we listen for Satan knows scripture very well and he will do wh**ever he can to snatch it away.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Yes, it will be interesting to see what else anyone comes up with. It's not fair to try and reduce it all to one word, but then much of life is not always fair. Keep us posted if you get anything worth sending. Thanks.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Yahusha, Yahshua, Yeshua, Yashua, it is not unusual to find variations in t***slations of His name. Wh**ever the English t***slation may be, His name comes from the tetragrammton - yod-hey-vav-hey. Similar names are Yoshua (Joshua), Yacob (Jacob), Yirmeyah (Jeremiah), Yahrusalem (Jerusalem -- Yah = God, salem = shalom = peace.)

I doubt that anyone would be condemned for using any one of the spellings for Yahshua.

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Well stated

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Sorry Tucker..

We didn't come up with much...

One guy suggested Christians could be called The Baptised... The rest of us didn't care for it...

Another suggested Witnesses.. As we have witnessed His glory... But once again we didn't care for that...

Brothers in Christ was my favorite...
Although it is pretty much the same as Christian...b

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

I have no idea what an 'almost Christian' is... Could you define the term?

I agree that it is nice if/ when more capable individuals point out perceived falsehoods...

I particularly enjoy it when they do so logically with lots of reference to Scripture and history..




Hmmmm...
As I recall, when Satan tempted Christ, he didn't just respond by denying Satan, but used Scripture to prove Satan was wrong...

I agree... Few individuals seem to be capable of doing so...

On the other hand... Thete seem to be Plenty of Pharisees here shouting down anyone who goes against their perceived traditions/understandings...

And Yes... I would expect a doctor to attempt a heart t***splant while in medschool... How else to learn?

You seem to be stating that you are still in "medschool" concerning Scripture and are not yet ready to put to use what you have learned...
That is fair.... I myself rarely attempt to correct others... Although I will state and defend my own understandings....



Absolutely... Eyes wide, ears open...

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Amen

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

I did... Thank you...

A most excellent link