THE PREACHING OF THE GOOD NEWS - Past And Present
THE PREACHING OF THE GOOD NEWS - PAST AND PRESENT . . . .I try to follow Christ and abide to what He teaches as after all He is not only God's Son but His spokesman too, "The Word". There is much...
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Hi BCThat’s why I agree with what Adam said above, Jesus died, was resurrected, there were witnesses that were willing to die for testifying to what they saw, not what they believed-(Brenden’s...
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Hey Larry I don't' understand why one quotes scripture if believing the possibility it was added or taken out of the bible? No matter how one views it, what would be the purpose of referencing a...
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Hi BC It’s called critical evaluation or critical thinking. If it wasn’t for critical evaluation of scriptures by people who devote themselves to critical analysis , people would still be picking...
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Hey Brenden It can be demonstrated that the Society’s teaching concerning the “great crowd” is an erroneous interpretation. Arguably then, this teaching is merely an aberration of “the good news about...
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Hey Larry Perhaps the problem is Christians are trying to live in the first century, by those preserving the Gospel from the power of God, while they live in the 21 century.Yes, that is exactly the...
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Does that mean that a JW who is in the WT organization and is unaware of the invitation to Son-ship and dies, might be resurrected to heaven. In other words he believed in the WT as God’s channel and...
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Hey Brenden Yes I did read that, I just wanted to make sure I read it correctlyWhat does this mean? There surely is no Restitution Call at the present time--no offer yet of an opportunity to grow out...
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Hi BC, I believe Russell's use of "Restitution Call" would be similar to the current JW usage of Great Crowd of survivors, coupled with resurrected ones from times past; the idea of a class of persons...
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Hi Brenden So I’ve been thinking, the idea that humans that survived Armageddon and-S L O W L Y reached perfection in the 1000 years is not really scriptural. Nowhere in the Bible does it teach that....
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Hi Brenden Is this where the millennium reign came into the mix, a reign of restitution for the great crowd. Or did the concept of same come later on concerning the control from heaven to earth from...
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Hi Larry, Russell's idea was that the 144,000 were "on the throne" with Christ--they were referred to as "more than overcomers"; the Great Crowd was "before the throne" but the throne was still in...
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Hey Brenden The promise was made, would you say this man qualified for heavenly son-ship? (Luke 23:42) And he went on to say: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to...
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Hi BC, I see no reason to say No. Regards, Brenden.
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Hi Brenden I been rereading the article on two hopes and let me see if I got this right When Jesus died, he opened the opportunity for “ONE HOPE” This hope was held out to all who believed He was the...
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Hi Brenden BC wrote Men are offering this "paradise earth' hope. When in fact, that hope doesn’t belong to them to offer. Only God can offer that hope when He wishes, "IF" that's what He wishes. He...
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Hi Larry I just want to throw something before Brenden comments, The word earth as used in the Bible can mean “Several Things” For example; As the rendering of 'erets , it means the whole world (...
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Hi BC and Larry, I pretty much agree with what you all wrote here. I don't know anymore what position the Earth holds in God's purposes. I know that the Christadelphians believe that the Earth is...
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Hi BC I agree, according to the Greek interlinear the word earth/land could be used interchangeably, and at the same time be interchangeably wrong. This calls into question the context, however at the...
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Hey Larry I agree, according to the Greek interlinear the word earth/land could be used interchangeably, and at the same time be interchangeably wrong. This calls into question the context,So think...
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