Are You a Correct Believer in Jesus Christ?
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it is very very simple. Love your God with all your heart, soul and mind. Strip yourself of any theology, religion, religious doctrine, pomp and ceremony, traditions, false scripture. In other words, stand before Jesus naked and free, worship him, build a personal relationship with him and his Father , and they will be your life. Anything less is unacceptable
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what about when Jesus said they had to eat His flesh & drink His blood or they could not be His disciples? ((John 6))
many people who had been following Him left at that point. was He kind of 'weeding people out' ? vv. 64-65 says He knew who did not truly believe ((duh, He's omniscient)), and would betray Him, and He says "this is why I told you no one can come to Me unless the Father has enabled them"
all those people leaving Him when He says the things in this chapter - i believe it certainly didn't surprise Him; more likely He intended it.
many people who had been following Him left at that point. was He kind of 'weeding people out' ? vv. 64-65 says He knew who did not truly believe ((duh, He's omniscient)), and would betray Him, and He says "this is why I told you no one can come to Me unless the Father has enabled them"
all those people leaving Him when He says the things in this chapter - i believe it certainly didn't surprise Him; more likely He intended it.
Here is one that says the opposite:
Luke 12:51 "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:"
Luke 12:51 "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:"
i think this division He speaks of is as that between sheep & goats, not division among His own sheep.
when the apostle beseeches us not to be always quarreling and biting at each other, but rather to be of one mind, he isn't urging us to undo the work of Christ.
GOD, JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Disciple me like you have been.
Be a Berean and disciple me accordingly.
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"Lean not on your understanding but trust in the Lord." "Now we know in part but then we shall know fully." "We walk by Faith not by sight." "If any man thinks he knows, he does not know as he ahould, but if anyone Loves God the same is known of Him."
If we think we know we stop learning, its contagious: If your taught by someone you wont go further than that. We nwed to be led by the Spirit to go on to perfection. "God resists the proud (who think they are corect) but gives grace to the humble."
If we think we know we stop learning, its contagious: If your taught by someone you wont go further than that. We nwed to be led by the Spirit to go on to perfection. "God resists the proud (who think they are corect) but gives grace to the humble."
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-ology as a suffix means 'study of' or 'knowledge of' and 'theos' means 'god'
so theology means knowledge of god, little g. you could define correct theology as knowledge of God, big G: the true God.
in that sense, knowledge of God isn't confined to things learned in some kind of formal school. that doesn't mean you can't get knowledge of God through a center of study devoted to such knowledge; it means it ain't the only place it's available. Solomon ccertainly has knowledge of God - 'correct theology' per my working definition. there were 'schools of prophets' in Israel, which i reckon you could compare to seminaries these days. maybe there were good ones vs. poor ones i dunno. but seeing that Solomon was king, and princes generally are brought up with the best schooling and instruction, and that Solomon in particular loved wisdom & knowledge and understanding ((if you've read his books it's obvious he's constantly harping on about these things)), i don't think it's out of the question that he 'attended' such a school - probably more likely had personal tutors tho.
i get what you're saying of course Miri; his wisdom ((his knowledge of God)) was given to him by God Himself, not the product of schooling. and yeah, absolutely, agree.
you can put two people through the same schools and one comes out a berk and the other a genius - ultimately wits are something God grants in any case. i'm partly just being a smart-alek and partly pushing 'knowledge of God' as a better definition to sue for 'theology' than using the word to mean something like 'mere teachings of men'
so theology means knowledge of god, little g. you could define correct theology as knowledge of God, big G: the true God.
in that sense, knowledge of God isn't confined to things learned in some kind of formal school. that doesn't mean you can't get knowledge of God through a center of study devoted to such knowledge; it means it ain't the only place it's available. Solomon ccertainly has knowledge of God - 'correct theology' per my working definition. there were 'schools of prophets' in Israel, which i reckon you could compare to seminaries these days. maybe there were good ones vs. poor ones i dunno. but seeing that Solomon was king, and princes generally are brought up with the best schooling and instruction, and that Solomon in particular loved wisdom & knowledge and understanding ((if you've read his books it's obvious he's constantly harping on about these things)), i don't think it's out of the question that he 'attended' such a school - probably more likely had personal tutors tho.
i get what you're saying of course Miri; his wisdom ((his knowledge of God)) was given to him by God Himself, not the product of schooling. and yeah, absolutely, agree.
you can put two people through the same schools and one comes out a berk and the other a genius - ultimately wits are something God grants in any case. i'm partly just being a smart-alek and partly pushing 'knowledge of God' as a better definition to sue for 'theology' than using the word to mean something like 'mere teachings of men'