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Purpse for the Crucifixion
Falgn0n:
wow, Skydreamers - You know I have read that paper before, but never saw it... 8)
I still struggle with it, suffer no delusion, but scripture is scripture.
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Well, Kat, thank you so much for that link, it really helped me.
I was born and bred in "White" South Africa, the Dutch Reformed Church is my heritage. Nearly 12 years ago, I became what I understood then to be: "Born Again" and joined the "Charismatic" movement in the church. From the moment I was born until now, I was made to believe nothing other than the "Trinity" concept: God existing in three distinct individual ways: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and these three are one...
I first began to wonder about this "doctrine" when I realised that there is never a reference to that word "Trinity" anywhere in the Bible. And then, thru Bible-Truths.com I was introduced to the fact that a whole chunk from 1 John 5:7-8 IS NOT EVEN PRESENT in the original manuscripts - this verse was of course one of the foundations upon which was built the doctrine of the Trinity.
But there is another. In Acts: The situation with Ananias and Sapphira. Peter says to them: "..why did it enter your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit? You have not lied to men, but to God."
Does this not indicate that the Holy Spirit is in fact, God?
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I have now read just about all of the material that you indicated for me to read, And I must say: I have a much clearer understanding now, of who Jesus Christ is.
I still have to begin a little research project like this to get a thourough understanding of the Holy Spirit, but I will not ask you to go as far as you did with the Jesus Christ / Crucifixion thing - at least not until I have done some of my own homework on the subject ;)
God's wisdom and power are unsearchable! All Glory is His.
Thank you so much for the time you invested in answering my posts.
Falgn0n.
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