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Old 03-07-2018, 08:40 AM
 
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Repeat a lie enough times and you're apt to believe it's true.

"All Scripture is God breathed" .... "Sanctify them through the truth, your Word is truth"~Jesus

So who's premise is the lie Pleroo?
If it is true that God does not contradict Godself, then the bible (taken as a whole) with all it's contradictory messages about God, is not an accurate representative of God.

The premise that every statement in the bible is truth is faulty.
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Old 03-07-2018, 09:30 AM
 
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If someone denies main parts of the Bible that were fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, how can they know who God is? They must make a god based on their own understanding or desires. That breaks the 1st Commandment.

And, if they are worshiping a false god how can they be saved?
OH wow, what a tough question.
I can't tell who will be or won't be saved. there is a trail/ trial / train tracks we are coming to and well all humanity who overcomes will overcome by the blood of the lamb and my their faith in him.. but those Not " saved" from the hour of trail will have to go through something else unknown elements like not taking the mark of the beast and thus dying for their faith. if they didn't really believe the bible and have rationalized away most of it (which it is easy to believe men and self and not God/ the same two tree in the garden ) then what are the chances that these ones will all of a sudden take his word seriously?
but it does say old and new testament he gives an option of poking out your right eye and cutting off your right hand ( because it is the devil's and it was submitted willingly to him ) but Jesus says to throw it away, betterto lose those parts than to have the whole body thrown in hell also.. . here is the basic scripture about the eye and you can check other Books for the other versions and other verse about the right arm or the right hand. it is there they will have to cut it off or go to hell/eternal destruction with it .


Zec 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Box Mat 5:29

And if thy right eye offends thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

He seems to be addressing jews and in the old testament version of that comment.. the " shepherds" can mean also kings and or leaders and or rabbi and or pastors.. just leaders of men.. and if the leaders are cutting off their right hands and right eyes.. then maybe the others will too.
so the question is still and has always been the same question... who has faith in his Love and in His laws and in his mercy? because those three thoughts are connected > to the Father Son and Holy spirit!
we have all at times rationalized away his word as if it was obsolete when nothing is farther from the truth.
and to all men days will come to that last chance before the Father himself say .. Now It is done Son.. sit here and rest .. and I am taking over.

but like Mathew 24 says ... when you see all these things coming " the end is not yet" and when you see all those other things "still the end is not yet" .. it is just the beginning of birth pains.. when nation raises against nation your just at the Bracks and Hicks pains pre pre labor . He is saying it ain't even real labor yet and he says that how many times ??!!! and we don't even have nations rising against nation yet.. we have lots of fools with nations doing the chicken dance but no one got froggy yet. but they will all have gotten froggy by the end.

Prophet Isa says by the end it is clear, men will be rarer than the gold of Opher. ansd he says the canopy which covers our world/ nations now will be gone and the world wobble forever like a drunkard.. only those who have been covered by his Sukkah/ camps/ Tabernacles of the righteous will eat or have enough .
only those who finally trusted in him and his word and his spirit will be saved and live into the next age of rest and peace. because they want his peace and his life , the only one he offers ,more than they wanted even their own life.
but there is also a reason to trust him now and not wait ... because I think the BIG surprizse is sukkah's come first and then men freak out and get froggy.. they are probably trying to blow up God , no doubt they will try and blow up God's protection and his love, banner that are (big like maybe a shiny plasma like) domes of light and feathery colors of a prism dance through the domes that over his people, like fire .. his Love like wings over his people who did love him . ( REV 10) (Brett's song "Anymore" how there is no more love in the world ) as Brett songs say all their kinds of love comes to an end!

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Old 03-07-2018, 09:41 AM
 
Location: arizona ... most of the time
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If it is true that God does not contradict Godself, then the bible (taken as a whole) with all it's contradictory messages about God, is not an accurate representative of God.

The premise that every statement in the bible is truth is faulty.
It's not a matter of if ... God does not contradict Himself.
Jesus' premise then is that the Bible (taken as a whole) is the truth.

Where does that leave your premise? ... that there is a judge that is awaiting Jesus to be condemned for not believing you and your words.
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Old 03-07-2018, 09:41 AM
 
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If someone denies main parts of the Bible that was fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, how can they know who God is? They must make a god based on their own understanding or desires. That breaks the 1st Commandment.

And, if they are worshiping a false god how can they be saved?
First of all, the Bible and God are not the same thing. Sure, the Bible is to be God-inspired and God-led, but a book (even of holy scripture) is not creator of the universe. You can't treat approaching the Bible in the same was as approaching God.

Along the same lines, you can't use the 1st commandment for the Bible. You can't take the commandments and morph them into something different and of different intent and meaning.

A "false god" being made and worshipped also doesn't follow, or is supported, based on your argument.

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Old 03-07-2018, 09:59 AM
 
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It's not a matter of if ... God does not contradict Himself.
I agree.


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Jesus' premise then is that the Bible (taken as a whole) is the truth.
That is your premise.

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Where does that leave your premise? ... that there is a judge that is awaiting Jesus to be condemned for not believing you and your words.
Sum's premise which is being discussed here (and with which both you and I agree) is that God does not contradict Godself, and that premise leads me to/leaves me with the conclusion that the contradictory messages about God in the bible cannot all be true.
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:16 AM
 
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It's not a matter of if ... God does not contradict Himself.
Jesus' premise then is that the Bible (taken as a whole) is the truth.

Where does that leave your premise? ... that there is a judge that is awaiting Jesus to be condemned for not believing you and your words.
how can that be Jesus' premise given the bible was not written when he walked around..
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Old 03-07-2018, 12:15 PM
 
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If it is true that God does not contradict Godself, then the bible (taken as a whole) with all it's contradictory messages about God, is not an accurate representative of God.

The premise that every statement in the bible is truth is faulty.

When you understand scripture correctly, which is not taught in any denominational church I know of, there are NO contradictions.

Jesus quote from scripture.......that's good enough for me.

Without the Bible, it's just everybodies opinion.......no truthful basis to judge anything........
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Old 03-07-2018, 12:38 PM
 
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When you understand scripture correctly, which is not taught in any denominational church I know of, there are NO contradictions.

Jesus quote from scripture.......that's good enough for me.

Without the Bible, it's just everybodies opinion.......no truthful basis to judge anything........
I have understood it from quite a few different perspectives. None of them negated the fact that there are inconsistencies and contradictions.
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Old 03-07-2018, 03:20 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Ding ding ding.

We can learn from what other believers wrote, yes. But we each must commune with God individually and not through someone else or their writings.
Even the words of Christ? What about the apostles? Or the prophets Jesus quoted and spoke of?
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Old 03-07-2018, 03:23 PM
 
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This I know because Jesus told me so...
You found out about Jesus without reading the Bible or hearing from someone who did?
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