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Continued from Part 32 Paul writes that “The spirit intercedes for us” (Romans 8:26), but also identifies who this spirit is in the context of this passage: “Christ Jesus . . . intercedes for us” (Romans 8:34). He also writes: “But whenever a man turns to the Lord, the veil is
father
Continued from Part 33 Leaving out reference to the holy sprit In the opening salutation of Paul’s letters to various churches (Romans through Thessalonians) he sends personal greetings from “God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” If “the Holy Spirit” were an integral and personal part of a
almighty
Continued from Part 34 Is the Trinity Doctrine a New Testament teaching? Paul, speaking of Jesus says, “for in him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). Whether Paul is teaching a form of dualism or that this supposed supernatural power that has indwelled Jesus
cult groups
The rise of global terrorism is a major concern for parents as well as police agencies. How does this threat impact our lives and the lives of our children? To help cope with the stressful issues raised by this new reality, Jews for Judaism has developed a dynamic and highly
gentile
INTRODUCTION For Jews adhering to traditional Judaism the Torah is God’s words revealed directly to Moses. Subsequent additions to the Jewish canon are God inspired works often recording God’s interaction with the prophets of Israel. The Old Testament The Jewish Bible in its original language is the clearest
elohim
Continued from Introduction Part 1 THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY Chapter 1 THE MEANING OF ’ELOHIM (Genesis 1:1) Genesis 1:1, states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Here the word for God is ’Elohim, having a plural form as though
balal
Continued from Chapter 1 (Genesis 1:26, 11:7) God said: “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness” (Genesis 1:26) and “Come, let us go down, and there confound their language” (Genesis 11:7). Trinitarians maintain that these verses are prooftexts of an alleged triune deity,
adam and eve
Let's take a second and analyze the first humans, Adam and Eve, when they were in the Garden of Eden. Their bodies were a mirror of their souls. Indeed, there was no need to cover up such a pure innocent expression of spirituality — God's image illuminating
christians
Continued from Chapter 2 (Genesis 3:15) Some Christians explain the genealogical discord between Matthew and Luke by claiming that the determination of the Messiah’s genealogy is to be different because biblically he is biologically supposed to be different. God declares to the serpent: “And I will put enmity
isaiah 53
Missionaries misleadingly assert that the entire chapter 53 of the book of Isaiah refers to Jesus as the “Suffering Servant” of God who dies for the sins of the world. Someone could easily be fooled to believe this argument if Isaiah is read out of context and without a proper
adam and eve
Continued from Chapter 3 (Genesis 4:1) Christians seek proof-texts of their claim that Jesus was born in a supernatural way. As a result, they interpret, “I have acquired a male with [the help of] the Lord” (Genesis 4:1) to mean that Eve thought she had conceived supernaturally,
jesus
Was Jesus the Messiah? a. The Messiah According To Judaism One of the basic premises upon which Christianity rests is that Jesus was the Messiah predicted in the Jewish Bible. Judaism has always rejected this belief. Since the goal of “Hebrew Christian” missionaries is to convince Jews that Jesus did
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