The essential characteristics of the Biblical Jesus

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Satan masquerades as an angel of light!(2 Cor 11:14), he is the most subtle liar and not only that, he MIMICS the Bible to deceive multitudes. I would never advise you to stick your head in the Mormon book either!

Jesus bound Satan at The Cross.

Satan has no power over me.

You give power to Satan that he simply does not have, nor does he deserve....and, at the same time you diminish Jesus' power...
 
I should probably add that Bowman says that his translation includes exegesis, therefore it is reliable... if I understand him right.

but the problem then just gets removed one step... how do I know Bowman's exegesis is correct?


I'm the only one that I know of that has provided any depth to Koranic exegesis.

A distant second place would be the tafsirs have been floating around for ages...and are merely unsupported opinions..
 
This is exactly the reason why you should NOT put your head in the Koran. As you demonstrated, the Mormons will claim a Biblical truth as the title to sucker people in, then assassinate them with the real poison of their doctrines once they are in. Besides the point that I think it is an unBiblical idea to look in the Koran, Bowman has made the claim the Koranic Muhammad is Jesus. How do you really know that without independent verification? How many times have you and others asked him for independent verification(and also to prove Muhammad from ONLY the Bible), and he just laughs at us and calls us names? Satan masquerades as an angel of light!(2 Cor 11:14), he is the most subtle liar and not only that, he MIMICS the Bible to deceive multitudes. I would never advise you to stick your head in the Mormon book either!

AMEN!!!!!!
 
I'm the only one that I know of that has provided any depth to Koranic exegesis.

A distant second place would be the tafsirs have been floating around for ages...and are merely unsupported opinions..


blow your own horn much?????????????
 
Jesus bound Satan at The Cross.

Satan has no power over me.

You give power to Satan that he simply does not have, nor does he deserve....and, at the same time you diminish Jesus' power...

Jesus defeated satan and death at the cross

Yes, the world, the devil and the flesh all have power over you

YOU, sir, diminish Jesus power with your ridiculous assertions that it is better to use the koran than the BIBLE to convert muslims???

Is the koran sharper than a two edged sword? Have you ever heard that particular scripture?

You are such a scholar surely you must have....(hint it's from the Bible)
 
Jesus defeated satan and death at the cross

No.

Satan was judged, and rendered temporarily impotent at The Cross.

Satan will be defeated at the Second Death.





Yes, the world, the devil and the flesh all have power over you

No.

You.....yes....as you let them...






YOU, sir, diminish Jesus power with your ridiculous assertions that it is better to use the koran than the BIBLE to convert muslims???

Is the koran sharper than a two edged sword? Have you ever heard that particular scripture?

You are such a scholar surely you must have....(hint it's from the Bible)


If you had been following this thread...I have repeatedly stated that the best process is to show Muslims where their Koran points the reader BACK to the Holy Bible for clarification.
 
You give power to Satan that he simply does not have, nor does he deserve....and, at the same time you diminish Jesus' power...

I say we should not use the Koran(a weak book) but use the Word of God(which is powerful),

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Heb 4:12

And this powerful Word of God is Jesus(John 1:14), and you think I make Jesus to look weak? I can see the Koran has really messed you up.




 
No.

Satan was judged,and rendered temporarily impotent at The Cross. your brain was

Satan will be defeated at the Second Death. WRONG







No.

You.....yes....as you let them... WRONG AGAIN







If you had been following this thread...I have repeatedly stated that the best process is to show Muslims where their Koran points the reader BACK to the Holy Bible for clarification.

No, you just repeatedly quoted the koran and bragged about your towering intellect


Ypu are actually quite entertaining...keep it up :)
 
The name on the article just changed to Justin...

"......for the Accuser of our brethren has been thrown down." (Rev. 12:10).

"We are destroying Speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:5).

How do we combat this deceitful Spirit Bowman? For one, we need to fill our mind with the Voice of God's Word (concerning the forgiveness of sins, God's love and mercy, etc) We need to learn to recognize the voice of the accusing Spirit and cast it down. Being that this is a Spirit which builds strongholds in our minds, we need to be diligent in renewing our mind with God's Word in order to undo the damage that it has done to our thinking patterns.

It's also possible that the accusing Spirit, along with other related Spirits such as religiosity, legalism, shame etc...need to be driven out as well. You can drive out strongholds all day long, but if a Spirit needs to be driven out, it will keep working against you to rebuild those strongholds. This message I share on your behalf, for if you are of the disposition of Christ, the fact that Christ has cast down all strongholds that are not of Himself, will bring about an Amen. But if it is that you desire to demonstrate this Spirit then God will expose that. May God bless us all with Christ being the first fruit of our lives.
 
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As necessary...

You'll find that not only is it not necessary, but that it is necessary not to.

"For when anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself." (Gal. 6:3)
 
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I say we should not use the Koran(a weak book) but use the Word of God(which is powerful),

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Heb 4:12

And this powerful Word of God is Jesus(John 1:14), and you think I make Jesus to look weak? I can see the Koran has really messed you up.





When God, Himself, states that Satan was bound at The Cross, you should believe Him.
 

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24


Adding in the necessary context that you purposefully left off...

John 5.24 -29

Truly, truly, I say to you, The one who hears My Word, and believes the One who has sent Me, has everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear(Future Tense) the voice of the Son of God, and the ones hearing will live (Future Tense). For even as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in Himself. And He also gave authority to Him to execute judgment, for He is the Son of Man.Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear(Future Tense) His voice. And they will come out(Future Tense), the ones having practiced good into a resurrection of life; the ones having done evil into a resurrection of judgment.



Thus...

Adding the original context makes it rather clear that we must believe today, for a future in which we pass from death to Life.
 
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" John 11:25-26
 
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live (Future Tense): And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" John 11:25-26

You keep proving my point.....thanks! :)
 
Adding some spiritual food about Jesus to this spiritually starving thread(John 1)

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
 
Another passage that speaks about Jesus, since that's what this thread is supposed to be about(Isa 53)

1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
 
The name on the article just changed to Justin...

another problem, in addition to the fraud, is that neither BrotherJustin nor I would be able to answer any follow-up questions related to your paper.