@wendelltalks 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯?⁣ ⁣ 41 AD. Matthew first wrote his gospel in Hebrew and then later in Greek.⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 381 𝘈𝘋, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥.⁣ ⁣⁣ Not Christians; but trinitarians, who aren’t Christians believe and teach the Trinity and it doesn’t much matter when. Trinitarians are CINOs (Christians in Name Only), counterfeit Christians that adhere to a 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 gospel and 𝐧𝐨𝐭 the gospel of the kingdom of God in which Jesus died and was raised up by God, but not given a wife and a mandate to be raise a family of his own. No, your gospel about a triune God is a distorted one and about a 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 Jesus. (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:6-7)⁣ ⁣ Instead, Jesus sacrificed his life and presented the merit he had to God, who accepted it in full satisfaction of the debt His justice required against mankind, so God, in turn, imputed Jesus’ righteousness to those exercising faith in Jesus’ ransom and put us on the way to salvation according to our hope,⁣⁣ ⁣ However, in the trinitarian’s gospel, which is 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 gospel, Jesus is immortal, and because he is God, he did not really die, and so he could never have paid off Adam’s debt to God since Jesus is God, even though “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” (Heb. 9:22)⁣ ⁣ So if Jesus did not die, then God did not resurrect a dead Jesus back to life, and we are to be pitied for we have no assurance whatsoever that we will ever be saved. (1 Cor.. 15:19) Trinitarians are 𝐧𝐨𝐭 Christians.⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 (𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Nowhere can the phrases “God the Son” or “God the Holy Spirit” be found in the Bible. This is trinitarian dogma, which isn’t Christian dogma. It isn’t possible to defend trinitarian dogma using the Bible, because God is not triune; he is one. (Deut. 6:4)⁣ ⁣ It is interesting that Jesus didn’t teach such dogma, and that the Bible doesn’t mention such dogma, but that for the very first time after the death of all of the apostles “God the Son” and “God the Holy Spirit” was revealed to trinitarians during the Council of Constantinople in 381 AD. You say “each person is fully God,” which no doubt makes perfect sense to trinitarians, but makes no sense at all to non-trinitarians.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I know you don’t care how foolish this trinitarian dogma sounds to non-trinitarians like myself, but as a Christian, I have to view you trinitarians as being out there, for as a programmer, I can tell you that the following is a truth statement:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 1 + 1 + 1 ≠ 3⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The following is, well, you know. 😎 ⁣⁣ 1 + 1 + 1 = 1⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This is false. Trinitarian dogma is only taught in trinitarian churches, and it is my belief that everyone that subscribes to it, rather than to the gospel of the kingdom of God is going to perish for not knowing God and for not obeying the gospel. (2 Thess. 1:7-10) I am 𝐧𝐨𝐭 joking.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.⁣ ⁣ According to your creed, they “one essence,” right? The Bible describes God as the Father, not as “one essence,” Lee, and I don’t subscribe to your creed.⁣ ⁣ At John 20:17, Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, “I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ⁣ ⁣ God isn’t described in the Bible as being “one essence.” This word “essence” is scripturally meaningless to non-trinitarians.⁣ ⁣ At John 17:21, Jesus prays to his Father that his disciples “may be in us,“ and by “us” he refers to himself (Jesus) and to God. You might well view them as “one essence,” but I count God and Jesus as 𝐭𝐰𝐨 beings, not 𝐨𝐧𝐞 being. ⁣ If you are able to do so, please make it make sense. 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

𝘐𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺' 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.⁣ ⁣ Is it? The trinity doctrine describes God as three divine Persons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) with each Person said to be eternal, almighty, and none greater or less than the other Person, and with each Person singularly and together being one God.⁣ ⁣ Matthew 28:19 is often cited to prove the trinity doctrine is found in the Bible, where Jesus commands his disciples to teach and baptize the people of all nations in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” although.nothing is said in this verse about each of these being Persons or these being one God.⁣ ⁣ This is what trinitarians believe about God, but what did the Jews believe about God?⁣ ⁣ Called “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚,,” Deut. 6:4, ASV, states the following about God: “Listen, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”⁣ ⁣ Attesting to Israel’s worship of the one God Jehovah/YHWH, one rabbi stated: “The Shema excludes the trinity of the Christian creed as a violation of the Unity of God.”⁣ ⁣ When people are baptized “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,” they accept the authority of the Father, the high priestly role of Jesus Christ and recognize the function of God’s holy spirit.⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘴? 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 [𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳] 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵.⁣⁣ ⁣ 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 1 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯. 10. 25⁣ ⁣⁣ Thanks, Katie, for remembering the scripture to which you were referring and letting us know what you had in mind, letting 𝐦𝐞 know what you had in mind. 👏⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘴? 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Perhaps, Katie, the passage you have in mind is 1 Cor. 8:4-13, especially verses 10 and 11.⁣⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

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[2/2] 𝐃𝐚𝐧. 𝟗:𝟐𝟔:⁣ “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬⁣ “𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟;⁣ “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞⁣ “𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲.⁣ “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝,⁣ “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.”⁣ ⁣ Daniel's prophecy says that “after the sixty-two weeks,” which is Hebrew shorthand for the “seven weeks and sixty-two weeks,” the “Messiah shall be cut off,” which means that the Messiah would die after 69 weeks, and Dan. 9:27 prophecies when it is the Messiah would be “cut off.” ⁣ 𝐃𝐚𝐧. 𝟗:𝟐𝟕:⁣ “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤;⁣ “𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤⁣ “𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.⁣ “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞,⁣ “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝,⁣ “𝐈𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.”⁣ ⁣ So it was in the middle of the 70th week that the Messiah was destined to bring to an end the animal sacrifices and offerings that had been required under the Law of Moses by giving his life as a ransom to atone not only for the sins of God’s people, but for the sins of mankind. The middle of the 70th week would be 3½ years 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 29 AD, which means Jesus would give his life as a ransom in 33 AD when he was 33½ years old. (Matt. 20:28)⁣ ⁣ Jesus died on Nisan 14, AM 3793, April 3, 33 AD, Julian, and was born 33½ years earlier on or about Tishri 3, AM 3758, which is on or about October 1, 2 BC, Julian. As Dan. 9:27 foretold, God’s favor toward the Jews continued in confirmation of the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 22:18) for the remaining 3½ years until the 70th week ended in 36 AD, in which year the Gentiles were given their first opportunity to join the Jewish Christians, becoming “one flock” (Luke 12:32) to whom the kingdom would be given, they being reconciled to God in Jesus' name and becoming Christians.⁣ ⁣ This has been a lengthy comment and I hope it will help you to appreciate the accuracy of Bible prophecies like the one at Dan. 9:24-27, but none of this information I provide here will be of any benefit to those having no interest in the Bible or the gospel. BTW Jesus foretold at Matt. 24:21 a "great tribulation" that is destined to occur before the end, when the sheep will be separated from the goats (Matt. 25:41-46), which will no doubt affect everyone on earth, but nowhere in the Bible is there mention of a pre-trib rature or a post-trib rapture.⁣ ⁣ After the end, the millennial reign of Christ begins woth the born again elect ruling with him in the new heavens over the “great multitude” that emerges from the tribulation along with the rest of the resurrected dead here on new earth when the regeneration will occur. (Matt. 19:28; Rev. 7:9, 14; 20:5)⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥….⁣ ⁣ I’m satisfied that what I wrote in my tweet was what I had intended to say, Johnny. My tweets are always available for review at any time you choose to search for and read them.⁣ I have no interest in repeating myself. ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮?⁣ ⁣ Yes; the original sin was idolatry. Baptism is a requirement for salvation. 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧:⁣ Gen.3:22 says that Adam had become his own judge in making moral decisions as to what things God has determined to be good and evil, and by placing his own independent judgment over God's and becoming a law to himself, and idolatrously making his own decisions as to what was good or bad for him, Adam committed the original sin due to his refusal to walk with the true God and his attacking God's sovereign right to set the standards for created beings, and to be modest in recognition of one's status as a human being. “The Father has life in himself … [and] he [had] granted the Son also to have life in himself” (John 5:26), but man doesn't have life in himself, for man's life comes from God.⁣ ⁣ The claim to moral independence in setting one's own standards independent of God is not just immodest; it is idolatry. Although he has no life in himself, Adam's refusal to submit to divine authority and his asserting himself as a judge in being like god in knowing what things are good and evil (Gen. 3:22), he converted his created status to that of a god. (Jer. 10:23; Mic. 6:8)⁣ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦:⁣ Before becoming a disciple, we were estranged from God and had a bad conscience toward God, but now, having accepted the good news of salvation, we desire to have a good conscience toward him, and to this end we repented of our sins, turned to God by declaring our dedication to God, and we prayed to God and made a request for a good conscience by presenting ourselves to him in full dedication, who loved us despite the fact that we were sinners, by sending his son to become a sacrifice for us. (Rom. 5:8)⁣ “For the time that has passed by is sufficient for you to have worked out the will of the nations.” (1 Pet. 3:21–4:6)⁣ ⁣ By dedication we make request to God for a good conscience and, after our dedication, and our request is consummated by water baptism. Thus we symbolize this dedication by water baptism, and we get the requested good conscience. This whole baptism arrangement of God cuts us off, delivers us, from this sinful, conscienceless, doomed world of mankind. Baptism, therefore, is a requirement that puts us on the way to salvation according to our hope,⁣ ⁣⁣ Our request to God for a good conscience, which is thereby consummated by water baptism (1 Pet. 3:20-21) is the initial step of obedience to God that we took in recognition of ‘the name of the Father,’ in recognition of his authority as the Most High and the source of all life. (Psa. 36:8, GNB; 83:18, ESV)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Jesus gave his life as a ransom sacrifice for forgiveness of our sins and he now serves in his highly exalted role as High Priest on behalf of mankind. (Php. 2:9-11; Heb. 5:9-10)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ When we pray to God in Jesus' name, we should not think of Jesus as someone that is taking messages for God, but he sits in the office bestowed upon him by God that is above every other name, so that when we pray, we are thereby making appeal to Jesus' authority as our high priest that in ‘the name of the Son’ he would make the things we say acceptable to God.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Lastly, we are baptized in ‘the name of the holy spirit,’ which is “the spirit of truth” (John 14:16-17) that dwells in us. God's spirit is embodied in his word of truth, the Bible, through which the truth has been revealed to us, and it is by its authority that we are enabled to understand the truth and are empowered to make disciples. (1 Cor. 2:10)⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

[2/2] 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭.⁣ ⁣ No? Did you not write:⁣ ⁣ 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.⁣ ⁣ ?⁣ ⁣ 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 3:15?⁣ ⁣ 𝘎𝘦𝘯 3:15  𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥; 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝘌𝘯𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰?⁣ ⁣ Enmity existed between Satan's seed and the woman's seed, whose seed would bruise the head of the serpent after the serpent's seed had bruised the the heel of the woman's seed.⁣ ⁣ 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵?⁣ ⁣ I meant what I wrote. I trust that you read and understood what it was I wrote.⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 #𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 "𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳", & "𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳" 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦 #𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰-𝘚𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥.⁣ ⁣ As I stated, Johnny, the word “Lucifer” used in the Latin Vulgate at Isa. 12:14 refers to the king of Babylon, the dynasty of kings. I know you want to make a point, so what is it?⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

𝘎𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 3:27, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴.⁣ ⁣ I’d read Gal. 3:27, which is why I cited it in my tweet as part of my response to your question. If you have a question about this Bible verse, what is it? ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

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[2/2] It would be absurd, however, for anyone that has not submitted to water baptism, which is a symbol of one's dedication to God, to claim that he or she has been born again when knowing that God is only calling and adopting Christians as spiritual sons for heavenly life.⁣⁣ To be a Christian, one must have a good conscience toward God by getting baptized. (1 Pet. 3:20-21) Although I was baptized in water decades ago, at no time has 'God's Spirit borne witness with my spirit that I have been born again as one of his spiritual children.'⁣⁣ (Rom. 8:16)⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Not that I have yet been saved either, no Christian has, but having been baptized in water, I have a good conscience toward God, and know that 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 of living forever here on earth under the heavenly kingdom of God by Christ, and will ultimately "be set free from … bondage to corruption" and obtain the same freedom enjoyed by those Christians saved as “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” (Rom. 8:21; Tit. 3:7)⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Now the apostle Paul had indeed been born again, but he admits at Php. 3:12-14 regarding his own salvation that he hadn't been made perfect yet:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐝𝐨: 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.⁣”⁣ ⁣⁣ While we can consider ourselves as being on the way to salvation according to our hope, it would be a mistake for us to think following baptism that we are now saved and cannot fall. The axiom “once saved always saved” cannot be true, for as Jesus said, no one is saved until that person has endured to the end. (Matt. 24:13) It is by our endurance in the faith that we demonstrate ourselves worthy of salvation, so “let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he [or she] fall.” (1 Cor. 10:12)⁣⁣ ⁣ 【𝕨𝕡𝕔】𝕒 𝕨𝕡𝕔𝕘𝕦𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣