How do preachers or teachers explain this?
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Backpedaling? No. I would have had to claim that my response was not serious for me to be backpedaling. You assumed it was not serious.
You assume far too much.
Ephesians 4:11-12 completely refutes your blather.
The subject was John's baptism. You're trying to move the goalposts. I see your dishonesty.
Which is why your understanding is so limited and why you fall into error.
It explains a lot that it seems from what he wrote that he never sits under the ministry of God's word.
I recall him mentioning a pastor, but perhaps his "pastor" just lets the flock come to their own conclusions with little to no guidance.
I am glad I am nor his pastor if he really believes that he should not regard any human being as a teacher when it comes to the Word of God!
- great
- of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
- in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects
- mass and weight: great
- compass and extent: large, spacious
- measure and height: long
- stature and age: great, old
- in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects
- of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant
- of age: the elder
- used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong
- of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
I understand this to mean that the works Jesus did were by one man, in one place on earth, at one moment in time. The things done by believers in the church age compass the entire earth, and they are done by thousands and millions, and their can be works being done simultaneously all over the earth.
The number of works is greater, more numerous and even larger.
We measure the intensity of a signal by its frequency. The frequency of the works can also be greater.
Who are you to twist and corrupt the word of God?
If that is the case, then you are asserting that you are the one who should take revenge, and not God. And that is also what you teach those who listen to you. They should be the ones to take revenge and not leave it to God. It appears that you do not trust what God has said, that God is the one who takes vengeance. You only trust in yourself.
Your belief is contrary to that of people who know God. And by doing what you do, you are giving evidence that you have not yet come to know the one true God.
ROMANS 12:19-20
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
I have explained how you are continually arrogant. Your failure to understand and accept it are not my problem.
This is also evidence that you are not sharing the truth found in the word of God, but instead, you are teaching according to your own understanding of the word of God.
We who have come to know the one true God only share the truth found in the word of God. We never teach or impose our beliefs on others. That is why we do not force people to believe. It is enough for us to share the truth found in the word of God.
If what we hear from them is contrary to the truth, and they do not accept what we share, we simply leave them alone. We would never make the word of God a subject of ridicule or turn it into something to be mocked.
Irrelevant much?
You don't have a sound understanding of the concept of relevant evidence.
This from the person who continually says, "We who have come to know the one true God..." and says that I and others don't know Him. Classic hypocrisy.
Are you trying to gain sympathy from those who visit and read your posts so that they will oppose what I am sharing?
Thanks be to God.
There was a time when God had not yet seen the humility in my heart. Although I was already reading the Holy Scriptures and following the commandments according to what seemed clear from human understanding, I did not yet know the one true God. I thought that I was already proving the truth of His words.
But now that God has seen my humility, He has revealed Himself to me and has granted me the spiritual sight to see and testify to the truth of Ecclesiastes 1:9 and Matthew 24:35.
During the time of the Lord Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees gained the sympathy of the Jews. So when Pilate presented the Lord Jesus alongside Barabbas, the scribes and Pharisees rallied the people to have the Lord crucified because they no longer wanted to hear the truth that the Lord Jesus was sharing with the Jews.
That event is happening again, and I have come to understand that the word of God does not pass away. Therefore, even in our time, there are scribes and Pharisees whose actions are the same as those of the past.
So once again, I give thanks to the Lord. Thank You, Lord, for giving me the spiritual sight to see that the things that happened during Your time can also be seen happening today.
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No one can be certain that they are already saved, because salvation is not easy.
If you say that you are already saved at this point, that is spiritual pride.
In physical life, it is called arrogance.
If James and John, who were undoubtedly true apostles and therefore belonged to God, were rejected by the Lord when they said that they were capable of doing what was required for their salvation, then how much more so you?
MARK 10:38-39
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
You really think very highly of yourself.
MATTHEW 23:12
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
I don't.
This from the person who continually says, "We who have come to know the one true God..." and says that I and others don't know Him. Classic hypocrisy.
Even from your own words, you are already doing it, yet afterward you deny it.
We who have come to know the one true God avoid lying.
COLOSAS 3:9
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Do you not know that liars do not belong to God?
JOHN 8:44
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Instead of sharing the truth, you are defending yourself.
That is why that is all you can say.
That just is not so. John wrote:
NKJV 1Jn 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
You cannot have eternal life if you are not saved, so when John says that he has written so that his readers may know that they have eternal life, that means also knowing that they are saved.
The Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we are "in Christ", another way of saying "saved":
NKJV 2Co 1:21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
2Co 1:22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
So it is not spiritual pride to say that you are saved. It only becomes pride if you start saying that you are saved by your own efforts.
That does not follow.
You are deeply and dangerously wrong. However, the danger is only to yourself and anyone foolish enough to take instruction from you.
You think I'm lying, so prove your accusation with quotations of my own words. Until you do so, you are a false accuser just like the devil.
Nothing in my post was "defending myself". Your accusation is completely empty.
That just is not so. John wrote:
NKJV 1Jn 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Have you asked the Lord what this means? Or did you simply understand it according to what people have said or based on your own understanding?
Because your understanding of the passage you quoted does not align with what the Lord said in Matthew 10:38–39. Therefore, based on your own understanding, you have been misled.
MARK 10:38-39
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: