Why Every Christian Should Study Biblical Theology, with Andreas Kostenberger
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2023
- Pastors, thoughtful Christians, and students of Scripture must learn how to carefully read and understand the Bible, but it can be difficult to know where to start! In this episode, Andreas J. Kostenberger explains how to interpret Scripture from three effective viewpoints: canonical, thematic, and ethical. We discuss how Biblical Theology is arranged book by book from the Old Testament (using the Hebrew order) through the New Testament, and how this differs from systematic theology.
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After WWII Barth was asked "What is the most profound theological truth that you have gained in your yrs of study? Barth answered with,"Jesus Christ loves me so,because the bible tells me so" !!!!
Please pray for me and my children. I receive so much hate simply for asking for prayers. Prayers are ALL I NEED and want. I’m a single mother and I’m struggling to provide for my sons both are autistic and I’m overwhelmed! I lost my job because I declined the vaccine. I declined due to my heart condition I had a massive heart attack and I suffer from lupus. I am waitressing now but not making nearly enough to get by. Ever month is a battle. I can’t go back to my job at the hospital because mandates are still in place. Jesus help me to overcome my fears. Because as I struggle I am fearful. Struggling to provide for me and my children is scary Struggling to buy groceries. Struggling to pay rent. BUT I trust you Lord. Jesus hear my prayers. I’m so thankful that God has provided this far. Jesus has never left my side. Praise Jesus. Even though I’m discouraged I will keep faith! ❤
Praying! Are you a part of your local church? Most churches I know have benevolence ministries to help families such as yours with resources to stay afloat for a while. ❤
Praying for you Tiff 🙏❤️
Perhaps God will lead you into a means of earning money from home by providing a service or doing something online.
I raised my children alone after my husband left. Since this was in the 1980s and 90s, many things were different, but we serve the same God. He provided a way to earn income, but He also moved in circumstances and showed Himself strong. We didn't have as much as others, but my boys were hard workers, content, and strong husbands and providers. The same God will go before, walk beside you, have your back (rear guard) and never leave you.
Are NOW strong husbands, etc
@@AbbaJoy1 what an encouragement 🙏💜🔥
All the NT warnings about heresies are proving to be so true. I know they have been around since the lifetimes of the apostles but it's just exploding now. It's like a wind or current trying to tear us away from the solid Rock! We MUST. cling to the Word Of Truth!
I have to listen to this yet, but before I found I was pregnant with our fifth baby (BIG surprise!), I took my first biblical theology class for a M. Div. program at Trinity International---awesome lectures on why biblical theology is so very important--crucial--for Christians. Systematic theology is definitely helpful, but biblical theology is a MUST. In the scholarly world it isn't given a lot of thought currently, though that seems to be slowly changing. In part, this is because we have Old Testament scholars and New Testament scholars, and because of that, the scholars are often territorial of their respective fields in regard to the testaments. This is a particularly large obstacle to biblical theology being done, because biblical theology requires more of a focus on the two testaments as two parts of a whole as opposed to focusing solely on the way each functions independently within its own contexts. At Liberty U, when I was initially working on a Master's in biblical studies, I was not forced to choose between the testaments. At Trinity International (and I suspect most other schools), if one wants to pursue a Master's in biblical studies, it seemed I had to choose between Old and New Testaments---which I did not want to do. (Please note this does not mean I do not see the significance and importance of understanding each testament in its own right, in its particular contexts and its place in God's progressive revelation. I am just saying that there needs to be a more balanced focus between that and understanding them within the context of the whole of Scripture, if that makes sense.)
fifth baby -- big surprise --- hahah --- ok !!!! Try reading the Catechism. !!!
God revealed Himself to us through creation and through His Word, the Bible. Read Psalm 19
General and Special Revelation
@@brendabrowning8721😊
Really?
*The Enuma Elish would later be the inspiration for the Hebrew scribes who created the text now known as the biblical Book of Genesis.* Prior to the 19th century CE, the Bible was considered the oldest book in the world and its narratives were thought to be completely original. In the mid-19th century CE, however, European museums, as well as academic and religious institutions, sponsored excavations in Mesopotamia to find physical evidence for historical corroboration of the stories in the Bible. ***These excavations found quite the opposite, however, in that, once cuneiform was translated, it was understood that a number of biblical narratives were Mesopotamian in origin.***
*Famous stories such as the Fall of Man and the Great Flood were originally conceived and written down in Sumer,* translated and modified later in Babylon, and reworked by the Assyrians ***before they were used by the Hebrew scribes for the versions which appear in the Bible.***
***In revising the Mesopotamian creation story for their own ends, the Hebrew scribes tightened the narrative and the focus but retained the concept of the all-powerful deity who brings order from chaos.*** Marduk, in the Enuma Elish, establishes the recognizable order of the world - *just as God does in the Genesis tale* - and human beings are expected to recognize this great gift and honor the deity through service.
*"Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"Sumerian Is the World's Oldest Written Language | ProLingo"*
*"Sumerian Civilization: Inventing the Future - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"The Myth of Adapa - World History Encyclopedia"*
Also discussed by Professor Christine Hayes at Yale University in her 1st lecture of the series on the Hebrew Bible from 8:45 to 14:30 minutes, lecture 3 from 28:30 to 41:35 minutes, lecture 4 from 0:00 up to 21:30 minutes and 24:00 up to 35:30 minutes and lecture 7 from 24:20 to 25:10 minutes.
From a Biblical scholar:
"Many stories in the ancient world have their origins in other stories and were borrowed and modified from other or earlier peoples. *For instance, many of the stories now preserved in the Bible are* ***modified*** *versions of stories that existed in the cultures and traditions of Israel’s* ***older*** *contemporaries.* Stories about the creation of the universe, a cataclysmic universal flood, digging wells as land markers, the naming of important cultic sites, gods giving laws to their people, and even stories about gods decreeing the possession of land to their people were all part of the cultural and literary matrix of the ancient Near East. *Biblical scribes freely* ***adopted and modified*** *these stories as a means to express their own identity, origins, and customs."*
*"Stories from the Bible"* by Dr Steven DiMattei, from his website *"Biblical Contradictions"*
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In addition, look up the below articles.
*"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
*"Debunking the Devil - Michael A. Sherlock (Author)"*
*"The Greatest Trick Religion Ever Pulled: Convincing Us That Satan Exists | Atheomedy"*
*"Zoroastrianism And Persian Mythology: The Foundation Of Belief"*
(Scroll to the last section: Zoroastrianism is the Foundation of Western Belief)
*"10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions - Listverse"*
*"January | 2014 | Atheomedy"* - Where the Hell Did the Idea of Hell Come From?
*"Retired bishop explains the reason why the Church invented "Hell" - Ideapod"*
Watch *"The Origins of Salvation, Judgement and Hell"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica
(Sensitive theists should only watch from 7:00 to 17:30 minutes as evangelical Christians are lambasted. He's a former theist and has been studying the scholarship and comparative religions for over 15 years)
*"Top Ten Reasons Noah’s Flood is Mythology - The Sensuous Curmudgeon"*
*"Forget about Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood | Bible Interp"*
*"The Search for Noah’s Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society"*
*"Eridu Genesis - World History Encyclopedia"*
Watch *"How Aron Ra Debunks Noah's Flood"*
(8 part series debunking Noah's flood using multiple branches of science)
*"The Adam and Eve myth - News24"*
*"Before Adam and Eve - Psychology Today"*
*"Gilgamesh vs. Noah - Wordpress"*
*"Parallelism between “The Hymn to Aten” and Psalm 104 - Project Augustine"*
*"Old Testament Tales Were Stolen From Other Cultures - Griffin"*
*"Studying the Bible"* - by Dr Steven DiMattei
(This particular article from a critical Biblical scholar highlights how the authors of the Hebrew Bible used their *fictional* god as a mouthpiece for their own views and ideologies)
*"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history?"* -- by Dr Steven DiMattei
*"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei
@@epicofgilgamesh9964REALLY?? You speak as someone not filled with the Holy Spirit of God. Your gibberish is from the head quarters of hell 😢
Deconstruction is only valid for people who have already lost their faith. I've been there and come back again. Keep searching, or you'll be lost. You're too much in your own head. God uses our failings to make the greatest good out of them.
Lots of other religions have a few good ideas. That doesn't mean it's all wrong. Our God can use older texts, find what's good in them, and put them in right order and context to reveal the Truth.
Alissa you are doing a great service to the Church today. Your topics are relevant and the presenters you choose are solid. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for bringing Dr. Kostenberger on your podcast. His New Testament books have been of great value to my under and post graduate work.
An excellent interview, Alisa. Thanks for your hard work.
Alisa, thank you for this video. It helped put words on concepts I intuitively sensed but didn't have a vocabulary for. This seeded a good discussion in our home group.
This is so good 💜
Thank you 💕
Thank you both, Alissa
Great show Alisa on Biblical Theology. I applaud your guest for upholding the OT and NT with insightful comments.
I love Dr. Kostenberger's commentary on John in the ESV Study Bible! 😀
Speaking of Theology, I would really love to see a new video on, the difference between majoring in:
Theology vs.
"Religious studies" vs.
Philosophy of Religion How would the classes you take be different?
As for today, that's a hefty-size book he has. Should be informative.
Bless you +
Soli Deo Gloria!
Alisa, I have some friends that are into “Elijah Streams.” From what I can tell it’s a charismatic UA-cam channel with some new age beliefs. I would love an episode from you about this theology and how it’s attracting Christians to these beliefs. I keep hearing about it so it must be pretty popular.
Beautiful!! 😍
Many thanks❤
Alisa can you list the books you are referring to in your video. Great video and I enjoyed the subject.
Thanks very bringing this famous theologian.
God Bless You Alicia and thanks for having this conversation with Dr. Andreas. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for this great interview.
I hope and pray this book can be translated to Spanish.
This was a great interview!! If you have the opportunity also read the early and Antinicean church fathers!!!
Makes perfect sense. Great interview and guest. So many times we're preaching in a way that forces the scripture to fit our concepts or we're reading the scriptures through our theological lens. It's just best to be biblical as this affirmed.
People are firmly embedded in needing Jesus' sacrifice for salvation. There is no lack of material to support that because the disciples thought the same thing.
Jesus came to replace the Old Testament method of sacrifice to replace guilt with forgiveness.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
The old covenant was sacrifice. Miracles are only possible when we replace self-sacrifice with forgiveness, otherwise we self-sacrifice walking in the way that we incorrectly think Jesus showed us
@@robertdouglas8895 The problem is some people believe Jesus is God so that means his the author of the Old Testament are you saying he made a mistake? People in the old testament were sacrificing animals for unintentional sins this is to show others that they are sorry for what they did,
This has nothing to do with forgiveness because God knows what we don't
Be real if you keep forgiving people who sin against you you would not survive, some people will take your trousers off you,
@@MrManny075 We make our lives safe through forgiveness, that is not attacking others. As we sow, so do we reap.
There are plenty of mistakes in both the new and old testaments. The image of God is not consistent.
Not only is Jesus one with God but we all are.
I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [a]will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
@@robertdouglas8895 That will not stop others from attacking you, Some people take kindness for weakness,
God created humans in His image His merciful but also Just His loving but also punish so do we
Jesus is one with God on purpose so does what I said above about God creating humans in His image, it's all within us and it's up to us to use them or let our desire take the driving seat.
We are not the body sure we must look after the body but we are not it,
@@MrManny075 It has worked for me to be kind and others are kind to me.
If you believe in God punishing to get people to correct themselves, you will do it yourself. You think you need to fear God and others will fear you. Then that punishment comes back to you and you can get angry about it and it just keeps going around and around.
The buck stops with you.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love
Praise the lord 🙏 sister....India is my country
What the modern Church needs is a New Covenant Revival (Heb. 9:10) in which members of various denominations are willing to re-examine everything they believe and see if it agrees with the Bible, instead of the traditions of men. We need to be like the Bereans. It will be a battle between our flesh and the Holy Spirit. It will not be easy. If you get mad and upset when someone challenges your man-made Bible doctrines, that is your flesh resisting the truth found in God's Word.
Nobody can completely understand the Bible unless they understand the relationship between the Old Covenant given to Moses at Mount Sinai and the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary.
What brings all local churches together into one Body under the blood of Christ? The answer is found below.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? What did Paul say about Genesis 12:3 in Galatians 3:8? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
The following verses prove the Holy Spirit is the master teacher for those now in the New Covenant.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Act 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Watch the UA-cam videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay.
Hi Alisa, I'm from the UK and wanted to study theology, could you reccomended any study providers?
I agree. The critical method that emerged brought things like cessation and its adherents who are against the continuing work of the Hoy Spirt of which the Scriptures say, "and of His kingdom there shall be no end", and who cant decide if the Bible really is the Word of God and believe that God's Word is stuck in Greek and Hebrew. I've gotten to the point where I dont get it why there have to be so many different english translations. Answer: "critical scholars". I am so grateful today that I grew up in the pentecostal church, and so original intent, instead of critical scholarship, was king. Had I not grown up there, then I know that I would have died several times over literally, because I would have died had I not know the original intent of what God told me in His Word.
... and let us not forget Augustine's gnostic views, which were picked up by John Calvin and are believed by many Calvinists today. These non-binlical, eisegeted ideas have no place in the Body of Christ
How much the cost of the book Alisa?
As students of the Bible we need to try and separate ourselves from our culture, some of our religious traditions and ideologies and honestly accept what the whole Bible has to say without reading into what we want it to say. All to often people don’t question what comes to us from the pulpit light of what the word of God says. If God says something that offends, we cannot be presumptuous and try and sugar coat it!
Looking for a good apologetics study Bible, any recommendations?
I don't know if that is a fair articulation of Biblical vs. Systematic theology. I was always taught that Biblical theology is the study of a specific book in the Bible and what that Book says on a topic. Sysematic Theology is what everybook or the Bible as whole says about a topic
Biblical Theology is inductive and goes where the trail leads.
Usually we think of authorial intent. i.e. How does John use and develop the term “believe”? That would be a biblical theological approach. As would pursuing how Paul uses the term “faith”.
Then Systematics can step in to compare and evaluate the biblical theology conclusions between John’s usage of “believe” and Paul’s usage of “faith” toward a doctrine of salvation.
Another usage he references: an OT prophet makes a prophecy, or statement that a NT writer then shows the fulfillment, or alludes to or echoes or reveals a type/anti type relationship - with the result that we have connecting strands between the testaments. This is a Biblical Theology process.
Think of Biblical Theology as inductive discovery and linear progression.
Think of Systematic Theology as reasoning deductively to establish and affirm whole Bible theology. It’s non-linear and static.
Systematics done without being undergirded by strong biblical theology inevitably draws many premature, unsustainable, or flatly wrong conclusions.
Meanwhile, Biblical theology is unfinished if it doesn’t get brought into systematics. You run the risk of concluding the Bible has multiple theologies that conflict (i.e.James and Paul on works).
Systematics emphasizes the AUTHOR of Scripture being God and is committed to a unified voice.
They necessarily work hand in hand.
Exegesis leads to Biblical Theology leads to Systematic Theology leads to establishing doctrine and practice.
Around the 27 minute mark Alisa says that some Biblical authors some wrong ideas about science. Scripture is always accurate when discussing science. It is inerrant and God the Holy Spirit who inspired it is also the creator who perfectly understands how the physical world works.
One might hope so, but it doesn't matter. Perhaps the human prophet, no matter how inspired, doesn't understand what God is prompting him to write. So don't worry if you find what looks like an error. We are all human. Maybe it's us, not the ancient prophet.
Bible, especially the OT, is full of scientific errors. Sorry. Rabbits don't chew cud or have split hooves. Insects have 6 legs, not four. And on and on. The bible isn't a science textbook.
There is a difference between Truth and accuracy, the bible is always truthful. The bible says God made the sun stand still...is that what actually happened or did he stop the rotation of the earth? It is still a true statement that the son stood still in the sky, its just scientifically inaccurate.
A study of church history is absolutely necessary.
The analogy of faith and the analogy of scripture can be very different.
I would suggest that the early church taught the stories of the Bible to people who could not read and write. Scripture was read and taught orally so that accurate communication took place. Most sermons in America would not be understood in illiterate societies. Today we have a church that is largely biblical illiterate. Many know the pieces such as doctrines, but not the bigger picture. That is like walking through a forest and focusing on the ants on the ground. By focusing on the ants on the ground and declaring that a forest seems ridiculous. That is missing the forest and only studying the ants.
Old Testament quotes may be used in four basic ways
1. A direct quote from a variety of Greek Old Testament texts or direct quotes from a variety of Hebrew texts. The Septuagint (LXX) was translated from 250BC to 50BC and some of the other books were added after that. The Masoretic Text (MT) was compiled from several Hebrew texts from 500 AD to 1000 AD
2. An allusion eg. Micah 5:2
3. A summary eg. Ezra 9:10-12
4. An application of another text - Matthew 2:16-18; Jeremiah 31:15
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. KJB 2 Timothy 3:All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for DOCTRINE, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. KJB Doctrine is a specific area of teaching.
The responsibilities of every day life make it difficult to engage in theological study of scripture especially when you have kids, a job etc etc. Perhaps it's a matter of dropping what's not important and making it priority.... But where to start...
Moana, if you still have your kids at home do take the time after dinner to read scripture to your children..you or your husband..whichever...regularly. you won't regret it. It will put fiber into them as nothing else will. I wish my husband, now deceased, and I had done so with our son. It's my deepest sorrow that we did not.
@@kathleensanford1950 yes thank you for the advice, we do actually that, and will continue doing this on relevant topics so they know how to navigate in these trying times. thank you.
Have you considered the foot washing as part of the communion service? There' are churches that do.
If you have a problem with a brother or sister you can serve one another in this service of love and forgiveness.
Anglicans do a foot washing service on Maundy Thursday.
The Bible was not written to us but, at the same time it was written for us. We know tomatoes are a fruit, understanding the context keeps you from putting them in fruit salad.
It was written to us for us.
Also, I'd encourage everybody here to read Evangelical Exodus. Many Evangelicals from SES, including, Douglas Beaumont, former professor at SES, found their way to Rome.
Everytime I listen to theology lectures from the US, I am left wondering what we have here in Africa. The quality of our theology is so low and even teachers from the US teach us Sunday school stuff.
Question: Biblical vs systematic?
Sorry, I've been diving into drive by courses from Todd Friel, and that sent me to Phil J. who sent me to american gospel collection. Im a country old geezer from near agape farms(there a blast from your past alisa...lol) and grew up in a cma church. a lot of this stuff is new to me.
We should stop referring to "progressive Christianity." It is neither Christianity nor does it represent PROGRESS. Perhaps "regressive spirituality" would be more accurate. I recommend reading J. Gresham Machen's book, Christianity and Liberalism.
Agreed
If Jesus had disobeyed any of the Torah (Law of Moses) rules, He would have sinned and could not have been our personal saviour. Why would our disobedience to one of the Torah rules not be a sin for us?
Hello Alisa....I wrote a manuscript on the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. I noticed later that there were people who posted on youtube that those who taught pre-trib were demonic.
Systematic Theology is important so we can known and understand the basic precepts of doctrine. Historical Theology is important enough to see the formation of heretical doctrine, as mentioned "Gnosticism." The modern heresy is Dispensationalism and its false "Rapture" teaching. Biblical Theology is indeed most important since we must know what the Word has to say, even to get saved!! "Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save yourself, and them that hear thee." (1Timothy 4:16 KJV)
Thank you for your video ministry Alisa!! May God Bless you and your family!! Miss Monique🙂😊😇
Basic simple question: if someone just became a believer what would you recommend to them about the Bible and knowing it?
The answer is not that hard.
1. First get a King James Bible.
2. Second, take it home and read it everyday. Pray first for the Holy Spirit to lead you and teach you and then read the book.
DO NOT GET A STUDY BIBLE or any Bible with notes. Just a plain text King James Bible. Do not use commentaries, word helps, cross references, Hebrew or Greek, or even the opinions of man. Just pray and read the Bible text alone. That's how you learn the Bible to get rooted in the scripture. Once you do that, then you can reach out to secondary sources.
No, do NOT get a King James translation ... modern Americans don't talk like that.
Get a NKJV or ESV. There's no sense in getting confused about God's word due to a 412-year old language barrier.
@@IndianaJoe0321
Wrong. Those modern versions pervert the word of God by changing the words. There has to be a perfect standard to compare it to for correction. I believe the KJV is God's perfect standard for the English speaking people.
Good to hear hermaneutics, and historical grammatical approach. Good to hear that there is a high view of scripture. Can't remember if there was a mention of Biblical innerrancy or not.
But much of this is good. I still do not understand what the difference is between systematic theology and Biblical theology except that systematic theology is a lot more detailed and brainy.
However, I had to pause 32 minutes in at the words: "Jesus mined the scriptures". Really! When? He was not schooled nor was He a rabbi or a pharisee or a saducee. When did Mr. Kostenberger gloss over the fact that Jesus is the Word incarnate (the Word made flesh)? Jesus is the Son of God, Mr. Kostenberger. You might want to start there. I mean, you must know this. He is the Second member of the Trinity. Everything that was made was made by Jesus. And you actually think Jesus "mined" the scriptures? The ONLY scene in all 4 Gospels where Jesus had His hand on a parchment was when He visited the synagogue in Nazareth and He was HANDED the scroll of Isaiah. WE may mine the scriptures, but GOD writes them. Was that just a goof up sentence maybe? Jesus, while He TAUGHT on hills, in the wilderness, and all over, SPOKE scripture. Those later became the Gospels and what much (though not all) of the letters (epistles) were based on. Tell me you had a brain fart, please.
There is a basic understanding here I didn't hear: Scriptures in the "New Testament" days were all what we now call the "Old Testament". Those ARE the scriptures, or as Paul calls them "the sacred writings". I was surprised to not hear that.
And I do wish he had explained "canonical" and "ethical" that is in the title of his "tome".
Biblical Theology logical precedes Systematic Theology. Those who skip it end up with poorly developed Systematics.
I wondered the same thing 🤔
That is quite the high horse you are on.
You said, "'Jesus mined the scriptures.' Really! When?"
What do you think he had been up to his first 30 years before the baptism by John? He was the Word of God made flesh, yes. Yet when he was tempted, he could have responded with anything and it would have been scripture, but he quoted scripture to the devil.
Have you not read John 8? In verses 26b and 28b, he said, "... he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
... then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." His father taught him!
Then again in Luke 24: 27 "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." Oh, yeah, he knew --knew --all the scriptures.
Have you not read Luke 2:46-47, "After three days they found Him in the Temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard Him was amazed at His understanding and His answers."
Your still avoiding Neville Goddard and Kay Fairchild.
I've had Systematic Theology and just finished my study in Biblical Theology. I may purchase this book. I need to do some background check in the author first. I want to be sure he is not teaching through a Reformed or Calvinist filter.
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How are you determining the 66 books and not for example the 72 books of the roman catholic church. Or many other books for example the Gospel of Thomas which was removed from the bible collection 500 years ago.
The existence of Satan ... how do you prove a negative? I don't know ... rewind?
"BIBLICAL THEOLOGY" Wow, that's certainly a mouthful, ain't it!? lol
How does Andreas Kostenberger view Calvinism !?
All of them fancy oversized books , yet no one seems to know what reformed means ???
*Miracles and Apotheosis in the Ancient Mediterranean World*
*"It should first be noted that miracle stories are not uncommon in the literature of this period.* Ancient people believed in a world permeated by the supernatural and readily accepted stories of miracles and believed in stories of visions and visitors from the world of the divine all the time. *Even very sober and sometimes sceptical historians like Tacitus will pass on accounts of miracles that he clearly accepts and expects his audience to believe as historical.*
So when we read stories of how the emperor Augustus was miraculously conceived by the god Apollo, or how his birth was presaged by a new star in the heavens, or how Julius Caesar was seen ascending into the heaven after his death or how Vespasian healed lame and blind people who asked him for a miracle, we accept that these stories represent the kinds of things ancient people genuinely believed about great men. Or we accept that they are at least told to indicate that the man in question was great. *What we don't do is accept that simply because people believed these stories they must mean that they really happened.*
And this is even when the stories are presented to us by a very careful historian and given to us as verified fact. Take Tacitus' account of the miracles of the emperor Vespasian:
"In the months during which Vespasian was waiting at Alexandria for the periodical return of the summer gales and settled weather at sea, many wonders occurred which seemed to point him out as the object of the favour of heaven and of the partiality of the Gods. One of the common people of Alexandria, well known for his blindness, threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this nation, devoted as it is to many superstitions, worships more than any other divinity. .... And so Vespasian, supposing that all things were possible to his good fortune, and that nothing was any longer past belief, with a joyful countenance, amid the intense expectation of the multitude of bystanders, accomplished what was required. *The hand was instantly restored to its use, and the light of day again shone upon the blind. Persons actually present attest both facts, even now when nothing is to be gained by falsehood."* (Histories, IV, 81)
Tacitus was closely connected to the court of Vespasian's sons and successors, Titus and Domitian, and so in a position to know the "persons actually present" and to consult them long after Vespasian's death "when nothing is to be gained by falsehood". He was also a very careful historian who scorned those who took rumour and stories as fact without checking them against sources and eye witnesses and who condemned those who "catch eagerly at wild and improbable rumours in preference to genuine history" (Annals, IV,11).
*Despite this, I don't know anyone who would read the account above and conclude that the emperor really had magical healing powers and genuinely used his supernatural abilities to heal people.* The fact that even a judicious and often sceptical analyst like Tacitus accepted this story shows us just how readily people in the ancient world accepted claims of the miraculous.
*One form of miracle that was widely believed in was the idea of apotheosis, where a great man is physically taken up in to the heavens and raised to divine status.* It was claimed that Romulus, the founder of Rome, underwent this process and later appeared to his friend Julius Proculus to declare his new celestial status. The same claim was made about Julius Caesar and Augustus, with supposed witnesses observing their ascent into the heavenly realm. Lucian's satire The Passing of Peregrinus includes his scorn for the claim that the philosopher was taken up into the celestial realm and was later seen walking around on earth after his death. The Chariton novel Callirhoe has its hero Chaereas visiting the tomb of his recently dead wife, saying he *"arrived at the tomb at daybreak"* where he *"found the stones removed and the entrance open. At that he took fright."* Others are afraid to enter the tomb, but Chaereas goes in and finds his wife's *body missing* and concludes she has been taken up by the gods."
If you want to read how the resurrection legend grew over time, read the below article by Tim O'Neill who is a former Christian and has been studying the scholarship for over 25 years.
*Answer*
What-evidence-is-there-for-Jesus-Christs-death-burial-and-resurrection/answer/Tim-ONeill-1 - Quora
You can also read the below article by a former Christian apologist on how he agrees with the mainstream scholarship that Jesus was a failed apocalyptic prophet.
*"ex-apologist: On One of the Main Reasons Why I Think Christianity is False (Reposted)"*
Also, how cognitive dissonance possibly explains early Christianity.
*“The Rationalization Hypothesis: Is a Vision of Jesus Necessary for the Rise of the Resurrection Belief?”* - by Kris Komarnitsky | Κέλσος - Wordpress
*"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history? -- by Dr Steven DiMattei"*
*"How Did The Gospel Writers Know? - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Yes, the Four Gospels Were Originally Anonymous: Part 1 - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Are Stories in the Bible Influenced by Popular Greco-Roman Literature? - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Gospels Not Written By Matthew, Mark, Luke or John - The Church Of Truth"*
*"February 2015 - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* - Isaiah 53
*"Jesus and the Messianic Prophecies - Did the Old Testament Point to Jesus? - The Bart Ehrman Blog"*
*"Jesus did not fulfill any messianic prophecies - Reductio Ad Absalom"*
*"Jesus Was Not the Only “Prophet” to Predict the Destruction of the Temple - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
It is impossible to study the New Testament without the Old Testament and it is impossible to study the Old Testament without the New Testament. It is one single book with God as the author .
The beliefs of the writers is irrelevant , since it is all authored by God.
This goes against the idea of dual authorship, which is part of the doctrine of transmission. God used the voice, personality, culture, and preexisting views of the authors, while still inspring them to write his True inerrant word. Understanding the it meant when it was written is paramount in truly interpreting scripture
@@matthewwinter5780 The authors views are irrelevant. Only God’s truth was written .
@@darrenharriott2120 you may say that, but that is not the historically orthodox position of dual authorship. You are holding to a heterodox position of authorship
Can a servant serve two Masters?
When Jesus prays in the garden of Gethsemane did he pray to a triune father/son/spirit or only the Father?
When Jesus was asked how to pray why is it that he mentions only the Father and not father/son/spirit?
Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?'
Matthew 7:23
Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
Can a servant serve two Masters?
Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirt are three in one, we are created in Gods image and likeness as triune beings comprised of Body, soul, spirit; yet we are three in one.
Jesus was not lunatic to pray to himself. You seek to refute the gospel of Jesus Christ either due to ignorance or evil.
@@blessedjohn
"Jesus was not lunatic to pray to himself"
Agreed.
So why believe in it when the evidence is overwhelming that Jesus is not God nor did he claim that, in fact he refuted it.
You believing in it has nothing to do with reality or what Jesus taught.
You can call my view ignorant or devilish without listening, and unitarian christians, muslims can throw it right back at you.
You believe you are speaking on behalf of Jesus wholeheartedly doesn't make it true because you say so.
John 8:39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.
What did Jesus do?
Why don't we can look at the evidence and let it speak for itself?
God does not have a higher God.
Simple and obvious right?
Yet you would be surprised at the amount of people, generations, worshipping a creation of God (rocks, animals, humans).
You worshipping Jesus rather than the God Jesus worshipped is from you not from Jesus.
@@IAlephISeems like you don't know basics of Christianity
@@jeromsapologia
Maybe I don't. But you can teach me.
You are filled with the "spirit" which means whatever you claim about God must be true.
Even if your claims contain contradictions like a triune god, its simply a true mystery.
Suppose there is a person claiming God is a "spirit" and that spirit dwelt into a cow.
Naturally puzzled you ask the man how can he make such claims about God except the man uses the trinitarian responses:
a) Its not illogical that the cow is God, because "are you saying you understand everything about God?"
The mystery trump card!
Realising all attempts of rational exchange leading only to failure, you try pointing out the contradictions in his holy scripture to which he replies:
b) "You can't point those out. only a worshipper of the cow has the spirit to understand."
Is it strange that for more than +2000 years of holy spirit, not a single claimant of the spirit can explain the triune mystery?
Is that cow over there God?
Is baby Jesus there needing food and changing diapers God?
Is God ever in need or in worship?
Seems like a basic question. Except no one ever addresses the basic questions because then the false cover of mystery falls and truth becomes apparent.
John 13:16
Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Matthew 7:21 (but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.)
Do you want to follow Jesus or simply call his name three times to him?
Did Jesus pray to the Father or triune deity like you do?
Did Jesus ask you to pray to him or to a triune deity or pray to the Father alone?
@@IAlephI So, why don't you learn the basics, and then make make yoir conclusions. Rather than claiming things baselessly. You are claiming things Christians don't believe nor teach.
I would be ok with "Biblical theology" over "Systematic Theology" in Soteriology if you could keep your Calvinism or Arminianism out of your theology. But we all bring certain theological bias' to the text. Correct "Inductive" method of studying the bible is going to bust up your theological systems because God did not mean for the scriptures to be divided up like that. We should go into the God breathed scriptures without our presuppositions and just take what is there in context at face value NOT forcing onto the text our presuppositions that the text in context does not say that or mean that.
Jesus came to replace the Old Testament method of sacrifice to replace guilt with forgiveness.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
The old covenant was sacrifice. Miracles are only possible when we replace self-sacrifice with forgiveness, otherwise we self-sacrifice walking in the way that we incorrectly think Jesus showed us.
That's the beauty of theology: God can be anything you want Him to be.
No! This is an abuse of theology!!
@@chaddonal4331That is exactly my point. Theology is based on opinions not facts. Anything you say of God is false.
@@josephpchajek2685 Fool get a life, the world is not going to end.
*The Enuma Elish would later be the inspiration for the Hebrew scribes who created the text now known as the biblical Book of Genesis.* Prior to the 19th century CE, the Bible was considered the oldest book in the world and its narratives were thought to be completely original. In the mid-19th century CE, however, European museums, as well as academic and religious institutions, sponsored excavations in Mesopotamia to find physical evidence for historical corroboration of the stories in the Bible. ***These excavations found quite the opposite, however, in that, once cuneiform was translated, it was understood that a number of biblical narratives were Mesopotamian in origin.***
*Famous stories such as the Fall of Man and the Great Flood were originally conceived and written down in Sumer,* translated and modified later in Babylon, and reworked by the Assyrians ***before they were used by the Hebrew scribes for the versions which appear in the Bible.***
***In revising the Mesopotamian creation story for their own ends, the Hebrew scribes tightened the narrative and the focus but retained the concept of the all-powerful deity who brings order from chaos.*** Marduk, in the Enuma Elish, establishes the recognizable order of the world - *just as God does in the Genesis tale* - and human beings are expected to recognize this great gift and honor the deity through service.
*"Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"Sumerian Is the World's Oldest Written Language | ProLingo"*
*"Sumerian Civilization: Inventing the Future - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"The Myth of Adapa - World History Encyclopedia"*
Also discussed by Professor Christine Hayes at Yale University in her 1st lecture of the series on the Hebrew Bible from 8:45 to 14:30 minutes, lecture 3 from 28:30 to 41:35 minutes, lecture 4 from 0:00 up to 21:30 minutes and 24:00 up to 35:30 minutes and lecture 7 from 24:20 to 25:10 minutes.
From a Biblical scholar:
"Many stories in the ancient world have their origins in other stories and were borrowed and modified from other or earlier peoples. *For instance, many of the stories now preserved in the Bible are* ***modified*** *versions of stories that existed in the cultures and traditions of Israel’s* ***older*** *contemporaries.* Stories about the creation of the universe, a cataclysmic universal flood, digging wells as land markers, the naming of important cultic sites, gods giving laws to their people, and even stories about gods decreeing the possession of land to their people were all part of the cultural and literary matrix of the ancient Near East. *Biblical scribes freely* ***adopted and modified*** *these stories as a means to express their own identity, origins, and customs."*
*"Stories from the Bible"* by Dr Steven DiMattei, from his website *"Biblical Contradictions"*
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In addition, look up the below articles.
*"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
*"Debunking the Devil - Michael A. Sherlock (Author)"*
*"The Greatest Trick Religion Ever Pulled: Convincing Us That Satan Exists | Atheomedy"*
*"Zoroastrianism And Persian Mythology: The Foundation Of Belief"*
(Scroll to the last section: Zoroastrianism is the Foundation of Western Belief)
*"10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions - Listverse"*
*"January | 2014 | Atheomedy"* - Where the Hell Did the Idea of Hell Come From?
*"Retired bishop explains the reason why the Church invented "Hell" - Ideapod"*
Watch *"The Origins of Salvation, Judgement and Hell"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica
(Sensitive theists should only watch from 7:00 to 17:30 minutes as evangelical Christians are lambasted. He's a former theist and has been studying the scholarship and comparative religions for over 15 years)
*"Top Ten Reasons Noah’s Flood is Mythology - The Sensuous Curmudgeon"*
*"Forget about Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood | Bible Interp"*
*"The Search for Noah’s Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society"*
*"Eridu Genesis - World History Encyclopedia"*
Watch *"How Aron Ra Debunks Noah's Flood"*
(8 part series debunking Noah's flood using multiple branches of science)
*"The Adam and Eve myth - News24"*
*"Before Adam and Eve - Psychology Today"*
*"Gilgamesh vs. Noah - Wordpress"*
*"Parallelism between “The Hymn to Aten” and Psalm 104 - Project Augustine"*
*"Old Testament Tales Were Stolen From Other Cultures - Griffin"*
*"Studying the Bible"* - by Dr Steven DiMattei
(This particular article from a critical Biblical scholar highlights how the authors of the Hebrew Bible used their *fictional* god as a mouthpiece for their own views and ideologies)
*"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history?"* -- by Dr Steven DiMattei
*"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei
Core beliefs of historic Christianity- real presence of the Eucharist, Baptismal regeneration, Apostolic succession, confirmation/chrismation, sacrament of reconciliation, annointing of the sick, oral tradition, Rome having authority, the Trinity, Mary as mother of God, and theres many more. Evangelicals dont hold to majority of those doctrines, so, if youre Evangelical or really Protestant for that matter... keep looking.
So if your called temple then your church is a parable concerning also where God Kingdom is same place IN YOU with same MIND the Pattern called FATHER is ONE and Paul reminder all written stories ALLEGORY Gal 4:24.
If you read the bible as though it is not about you then you do not understand it! If you say it is about God not me then ask your self where is God? If you ask and seek you will find that God ( I AM) is the very thing that is within that you are seeking!
That is definitely NOT Christianity.
@@thecrew777 that’s what the bible is speaking of! Or do you read a different book? You do not know what Christ is so you do not know what you believe! You only know doctrines of men following blindly! Have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth? God is not a man, but within man! That’s what it says 😉 parable, allegory, dark sayings of old. Tell the people I AM has sent you that is my name forever ( exodus)
The meaning of the Bible is the story of God's dealing with and orchestrating the redemption of mankind from the fall. If you miss that you have understood nothing.
@@coachmarc2002 I AM is the consciousness within man that is God! God fell into its creation. Elohim is a plural word meaning Gods because there is only ONE. Let us make man in our image! God is the actor, author, and the scene! Playing ALL the parts. Imagination ( God) imaging ( Christ). In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God! You get it! God must forget itself to experience itself! I AM that I AM!! I AM what I will be!! I AM who I AM! Everything
@@terrypaul7706 I AM that I AM means the self existent being. The grounding for all being. The one who owes his existence to nobody else.
Why do you worship the Bible?
The snake is language, and the devil is evolution.
There was this lady Eve, and she knew this fellow Adam, and they lived in a garden. The garden of Eden, a garden which covered the whole of our blue-green earth.
One day, Eve ate some fruit, and she evolved the ability of language, and her words flew through the garden telling Adam everything he did right, everything wrong, everything good, everything evil. And so, Eve had developed the ability of thought, but it came at a price for language displaces instincts and so she could no longer live in the garden as did the bears and the wolves and the chickadees.
Now Eve wasn’t just one woman, she was all of women, kind or otherwise, in her day’s journey of evolution, and Adam wasn’t just one man, kind or otherwise, he was all of men in his day’s journey of evolution, and a day is one-seventh of a measure of time, as in they were living in the seventh age of creation and God is resting.
And we might recall that Adam was found to be naked, and that’s not to say he wasn’t adorned with a fig leaf-pattered shirt, but rather that he had lost the thick coat of fur that had once covered his human body. And with the loss of fur, his exposed skin evolved the ability to sweat, keeping him cool and allowing him to toil upon the soil for the not-so-symbolic fruit of labor.
But what of the snake? That slithering symbol of evolution gave Eve the first words ever spoken, “And it was Gossip.”
Attached to old ideas? Is it time for new interpretations?
The Pope assembled the Bible 💫
Replacement theology at the 40 minute mark. That is not progressive revelation; it is the ground level of Calvinism.
This has nothing to do with the heretical doctrine of replacement theology. Gentiles are grafted in and his reference to that is biblical. He didn’t say anything about replacing Israel.
Reading the Bible and learning more about theology did make me feel closer to Jesus, but it eventually led to me abandoning belief that the Bible is inspired by God. That was about 18 years ago, before deconstruction was a buzz word. I’m sure many of your listeners will assume I did something wrong. There are good reasons why the Bible(s) has been censored by various churches over the centuries.
I wish you would have explained more about the reasons you abandoned belief that the Bible is inspired by God.
@@graftme3168 it's a long story. Things began to unravel for me when I started to doubt spiritual warfare (1 Corinthians 10:3-5). I was losing battles that I felt no one should ever lose, belonging to the body of Christ.
Theology means nothing, it’s good to know your bible but if your out of collage/school into bible school, you have no experience of life all theology. life’s experience’s make who you are.
Exactly. It was through my life experiences that I understood Jesus' teaching, not through Biblical analysis.
Completely disagree!!
God has revealed Himself to us through the Scriptures as a reliable guide. And most fully through Jesus - whom we know through the Scriptures!
We bring our life experience into the Scriptures and hold our life UNDER the Scriptures (not over)! Meaning that they evaluate us, not the other way.
Yes we have to live out the truths OF Scripture; but not apart from Scripture.
How we live reveals the theology we actually believe. Everyone has and lives a theology. It can be sloppy and misinformed or contrary to the Scriptures. Or we can seek to bring our lives into conformity with theology from the Scriptures. Theology simply means the study of God. You can be a good student or a poor student. There is no virtue in valuing being a poor student of Scripture, and thus spurning God’s awesome and gracious gift to us.
So you don't want to know God through His word? Duly noted.
@@IndianaJoe0321 What about the book of Enoch etc. The 10 books locked up in the Vatican that didn’t even make the bible. Meanings lost in translation. You can
Only talk about things encounters that you personally have felt, witnessed. In the book of Isaiah God will do something new, they praise me with their lips but their
Hearts are far removed from me.
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I prefer God's Holy Word direct from His mouth into my brain without relying on corrupt human sources like a man made Bible.
God talks directly to me whenever I have a question since He is always with me in every cell of my body just like He said.
And where does He says that He is going to be with you?
the Bible is not "man-made"...it is the very Word of God and can be fully trusted (and, God is NOT "in every cell of your body"; that is not a Biblical view, so, perhaps, reading the Bible has great value after all!)
That’s the exact same thing Joseph Smith & Muhammad claimed. You can only know what is true by putting up against the written word of God, the Bible. If you think it’s a corrupted human source then you have a juvenile flawed historical knowledge of how we got the Bible, I suggest you study it better. I would point you towards videos by James White to start.
Said every new age cultist!
The believer in Christ Jesus ascertains truth from Him - the Living Word - who guided people to affirm what was “written” for our sakes. You speak of demonic delusion. The Scriptures reveal the very Word of God - given so we may know and follow truth.
@@suzanholland The physical body does not exits. It is a expression of God in the moment. God calls into existence the things that do not exist” Romans 4:17
The first thing that every Christian needs to know is that Jesus is not God and he never claimed to be. Get a Red Letter New Testament and read every word that Jesus said. Notice what he said at John 17:3, John 20:17, John 4:22-24. Also 1Corinthian 15: 24-28. The Trinity is a lie. Matthew 6:9 "Our FATHER who art in HEAVEN, hallowed be THY NAME.. (YEHOVAH.. Jehovah in English) Jesus is who Jehovah said he is, "This is my beloved Son.." .. there is only 1 group of people on earth who worship the Father and obey the Son. Why not answer your door when they call Saturday morning? Revelation 3:20. "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
John 10:29-30
[29] My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. [30] I and the Father are one.”
John 1:1, 14 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father."
John 14:9
[9] Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?
*Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.* How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Paul says women should not teach men. Deborah led, to men's shame. In the early church women were allowed to speak to others about the Monarchy of GOD (the Father) only, referring all other subjects to the bishop and his Presbyters. I bet this woman believes the Trinity is the "only true God." like that Pseudo-Athanasian Creed developed by Augustinians from the Roman "church" instead of the early Christian Doctrine of the Monarchy of the Father in the Trinity.. The protestants didn't fall far from the tree. Repent ye liars!
Go bake a cake.
1st Timothy 2:11,12
Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness.
I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent.
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