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  1. wattie

    "The twelve apostles And us...

    Hello sir.. I understand you are part of a Berean organization. But truly being a Berean.. are you really keeping things in their right context in the Bible? From what I saw online.. the organization I think you are part of... they have the church starting at Pentecost.. which is...
  2. wattie

    "Getting Things Straight...

    Okay i could be wrong about the frequency of miracles, because like you say the amount actually written isn't all there is. But.. as you go through the NT books, in chronological order you do find them being mentioned less and less. From Peter Masters..in regards to the apostles 'When...
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    "Getting Things Straight...

    There weren't that many miracles recorded in the Bible itself. And they were for particular reasons and purposes. So it is today.
  4. wattie

    "Getting Things Straight...

    For any cessationist, they still hold to God doing miracles and healing by His will. That hasn't changed. They are very rare, but God still does. The sign gifts though are a different matter. They were foundational.. associated with an immature Christianity that didn't have what we now do...
  5. wattie

    "Getting Things Straight...

    Okay....I tink I need some context here. The Great commission not for us? I understand signs and wonders being for the disciples and apostles time, being foundational and not needed for now.. but the commission definitely continues today. I tink I'll check the article and get back to you
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    Biblical Faith and Doubt in Scripture

    Yeah, this is true. I realised after posting associating doubt with sin isn't right. But yeah.. it would be when the doubt takes hold and we choose to disobey that it is sin. Still though, aside from doubt, we do sin all the time in our thoughts. It's impossible to be sinless until we end...
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    Biblical Faith and Doubt in Scripture

    Well, doubt and fears are part of the walk with Jesus. In trusting Jesus, we overcome these. But the presence of doubts and fears is normal. Most characters in the Bible are recorded as having doubts, guilt, fears. I have a hard time believing Christians who say they don't doubt. This is...
  8. wattie

    hi, i'm not christian and i have some questions

    I might look at the full video later but right off the bat this guy saying people are not special or privileged in this world is completely ignoring the fact that humans can reflect and consider and comment on what they experience. The existence of the soul in humans separates them from the...
  9. wattie

    hi, i'm not christian and i have some questions

    1--How did I convert? Growing up.. I had an understanding that there was a God.. from very early on.. but it wasn't a personal thing. Just a being in the sky. At around 13 or 14 I understood I was flawed and in need of a Saviour. I called out to Jesus for salvation and He delivered me from...
  10. wattie

    Losing salvation

    The lampstands in Revelation are the place of the Holy Spirit in a New Testament local church.. not an individual's soul
  11. wattie

    Hell's Best Kept Secret Method method of evangelism and the Bible

    Of course this is very good. This is going straight from scripture. Ray Comfort's style to me though seems like trying to bring conviction on. .. rather than letting scripture speak for itself and God doing the work.
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    Hell's Best Kept Secret Method method of evangelism and the Bible

    I'm not comfortable with evangelisim by dragging people thru the mud before giving them them good news of belief in Jesus as God for receiving eternal life. The conviction of sin comes from God, and does not need to be induced through questions on what sins a lost person has committed. They...
  13. wattie

    When did the Church begin?

    Oh wait.. I'm actually agreeing mostly with the op here. I tink I jumped the gun a bit 🤪
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    When did the Church begin?

    First church? Jesus and His disciples were the first New Testament church. They did all the work of a church and had Jesus as the Head. They had the Lord's Supper. They were assembled together. They practiced discipleship. They carried out the Great Commission. They spread the Good News...
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    Baptized by ONE Spirit = Christ's Holy Spirit

    It looks like it to me Wattie. For by one "baptistry" are we all baptized into one body? .... I don't see anything about water, but I do about the Holy Spirit. Please feel free to read the whole chapter. It starts with the context of spiritual gifts. I Corinthians 12 Now concerning spiritual...
  16. wattie

    Baptized by ONE Spirit = Christ's Holy Spirit

    Are you 100 percent certain the baptism in 1 co 12:13 is not full immersion water baptism? Key points: The 'we' in this book is the church at Corinth.... not the entity of every believer. 'Ye are the body of Christ' The body being described in this book is of the church at Corinth... not...
  17. wattie

    Did Isaiah speak in tongues in Isaiah 28:10

    Hold up! Acts 2 is the clearest example of New Testament speaking in tongues. The church at Corinth had problems with the gifts and were rebuked by Paul for their disorder and confusion. They aren't the example to repeat but see what isn't right in regards to the sign gifts. Real...
  18. wattie

    Translation issue(s)?

    This is another one where 'life' would be a better word for the later cases because other scripture would show you don't lose your soul/spirit, but vitality or closeness to God as a believer.
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    Translation issue(s)?

    I don't really know of any bibles without the influence of the background of the people who put it together. The KJV is considered one of the most accurate English translations. I agree with that.. but it does have the influence of the King of England at the time, in having words in there...
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    Translation issue(s)?

    The context around the word will determine what the word itself is meaning. It does change the meaning alot though of verses in scripture. Loss of vitality is very different to loss of life like death. Losing the soul is different to losing life. This affects doctrines of eternal security...