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  1. wattie

    a universal church?

    A mystical, invisible universal church of all saved is a very common belief.. but it is scriptural? first thing- the word - Ecclessia is the Greek behind that word- which means E.Vincent- 'Originally an assembly of citizens, regularly summoned' A.H.Strong- 'Ekklesia signified merely an...
  2. wattie

    Clearing the mud

    Ok.. now concerning the Trinity I sat down with a church member a few years ago.. and he showed me how when looking at the Trinity.. the lines between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not as distinct as many believe. For example.. in Revelation.. which is Jesus' revelation to the seven...
  3. wattie

    Forgiven

    The other day I was with rallies and someone began to read an article about a fella who was responsible for killing many many people. Apparently he has now given his life to God and become a christian. Now the response from people around was like- "He is a gonner" "He just turned to God as an...
  4. wattie

    church history

    It's a funny thing.. most churches trace their lineage back through Catholicism.. and often Catholicism is considered the only church from Jesus' time till the middle ages. But what is the real story? Catholicism.. started to go off track with- infant baptism regenerational baptism...
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    Requirements

    I know the majority in this chat site believe.. that at salvation.. someone becomes a member of the body of Christ. Now.. do you know what membership to the body of Christ means? It is conditional! Membership to the body of Christ involves church membership.. seeing as the body of Christ is...
  6. wattie

    Who walked with Adam and Eve?

    Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. I have always thought whenever God is manifest physically it is Jesus.. So if it is not...
  7. wattie

    the body of Christ

    The prevailing teaching on the body of Christ... is that is it equal to the Family of God... at least -- it is every believer living and dead... which is all the Family of God aside from the Trinity and the angels.. Now there is another view of the body of Christ.. which makes unity in the body...
  8. wattie

    Misunderstanding

    There seems to be a prevailing vew that those that believe salvation is completely secure and can never be lossed.. no way no how.. are promoting a license to sin. The truth is people that believe the salvation is completely secure.. also understand unconditional love and acceptance from...
  9. wattie

    What do you think?

    Is God... One being with 3 expressions/ essences, or substances? Or 3 seperate beings who are one God? (note that answering this isn't a big deal.. if the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all equally God eg.. Father is God.. Jesus is God.. Holy Spirit is God)
  10. wattie

    Jesus' deity and the bible being the Word of God-- how do we know?

    Aside from just saying the bible is the Word of God because it claims it is.. how can you know, or be reasonably convinced? Aside from Jesus just claiming to be God.. how can you know, or be reasonably convinced He is? Look forward to hearing from ya :)