Here's another little thing for you to consider as well. Why are there only four gospels? Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. Jesus had twelve disciples. Why is there also no gospel according to Peter?
[quote]During the times of Christ and beyond, there were writings that were acknowledged as "canonical" as "disputed", and those declared spurious or downright false. This book falls into the 3rd category.[/quote] There were no written gospels during the time of Christ. How could anything be written about something that hadn't even taken place yet, whether they were gnostic writings or apostolic? I would find it quite hard and quite impossible to believe that anyone could judge a
Who says they are filled with errors and contradictions and are heretical? Paul of Tarsus? Perhaps you don't consider James, Mary, and Andrew apostles and disciples either, funny Jesus did, but I forget he didn't have Paul of Tarsus's authority and knowledge to guide him in the chosing, he only had God. I think that before you state that there was no apostolic authority you ought to read them. Because that's who the authors of many of them are. But better one should take the word of Paul of
Thank you adventure. I will do that in the future.
The very fact that Paul warned against them should be enough to make one wonder, what he was trying to hide. Could it be that Paul didn't want them read because the reading of them just might reveal the truth? Why didn't he say read them, and then ask God if they are truth or not? What was he so very terribly afraid of? If the words he spoke were the truth he had nothing to fear and no reason to ban or warn against anything at all. The truth is strong enough to stand on it's own. The truth
Paul would warn you. That is no surprise. And before you deign not to answer the question, sometimes silence speaks much louder than words.
There is no proof that the gospels were written in the current time of Jesus or even in the years following, neither is there proof that they were directly written by the apostles. Since most of them were common men, the odds are they didn't even know how to write at all. The only way to be sure is to ask THE I AM. "God is the God of order; Satan is the god of Chaos and these gnostic gospels do nothing but create chaos and confusion to those who have no idea what's what." Is
There really isn't anything to elaborate on. Everyone is called by THE I AM. Some heed the calling and some don't, some heed and follow, some heed and don't follow, it is a free choice. I simply chose to follow. It isn't any great honor to be either be beckoned or to chose to follow. As I said before all are called. Following doesn't confer any special qualities or make one any more unique or different than anyone else. It simply means that one is ready to do so.
No, I am no prophet, simply a messenger.
Lula, I tell you what I am about to tell you because I have been instructed to do so. You have found favor in God's eyes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps if I knew you better I would have some idea.
I believe in free will. I still have my free will. I didn't give it away nor abandon it, but I freely chose to try to master my self importance in order to be able to hear God. It's taken me a lifetime to be able to set it aside most of the time. I still haven't totally mastered it, nor probably will I. Self importance is more devious than anything or anyone that one could imagine. It is the "satan" that the bible and christians speak of. Just when one thinks one's mastered it, surprise!!!
Sohaido, I do understand your point, and I do appreciate it. But sometimes a rebuke can not be gentle, sometimes it must be harsh. Shock is sometimes a better tool. It reminds our real selves of where we should be looking and to whom. It was her self importance that was rebuked, and self importance is not a natural part of any of us, it is not us. It has simply convinced us that it is. It was not KFC personally that I critized, but her words. I stated specifically that I knew that
It is just your self importance. Your words and actions are those of the "seducees" and of the "viper." And yet I tell you truthfully that they are not the words of your true self. Unless you mend your ways and stop fauning at the altar of self, and heed to God, God will crush you, just as man crushes the viper.
I'm thinking that your initials KFC, should be changed to KFP, "Kicking for Paul" and not "Kicking for Christ". Paul says it's okay to defend yourself and create war, Jesus says "love thy enemies" and "turn the other cheek". Paul says it's okay to be concerned about your life and feeding your body. Jesus gave you the parable of the "lilies of the fields". Your actions and your words speak in direct parallel to those of the "faithless servant" that Jesus spoke of.
Christ loved no church, or temple, but THE I AM itself. The church and temple are posessions of man not God.
Paul says this, and Paul says that, you pay more attention to Paul's words than to the words of Jesus, whom you claim is god incarnate. Why do you take the words of Paul over the words of Jesus, KFC? Could it be that Paul's words because they come from Paul's own self importance, appeal to your own sense of self importance? I'm thinking that yes, they do. And Paul knew this would happen. By the way the serpent in the Garden was not satan, if it were it would have said so.
I'm sure that what you say is correct Sodaiho. But my knowledge doesn't come from any text, not the hebrew or christian, it comes directly from the source of all truth. Murder and killing are the same things, they both mean the end of life, whether it be mans life or the life of an animal. The reason for the ending of life makes no difference. The Lord God will demand the blood of any who do either for whatever reason whether it be from selfish reasons such as sustenance or from man's own jud
Do you not understand the difference of the use of the term "newer" as being indicative of the fact that one was printed after another? Or about the fact that I specifically stated that knowledge never ever comes from a book, not even the bible? You wish to split hairs because somehow you seem to think that it will change something. It doesn't. I didn't get my knowledge of whether or not killing is right from the bible, newer or older translations nor from any book or man, I got it from the
Would you feel better Leauki if I scanned the bible that I have and sent it to you so that you could see it for yourself?
I am not a prophet. If I were I'd have said so. I am simply a messenger and have not claimed to be anything other than that. Your argument with me was not about the correct reading of anything nor about a misquote. I quoted the bible I have exactly. It was about whether or not the commandment said "kill" or "murder". I said specifically that I knew it was wrong to kill, no matter what the reason, and not because this particular bible says so, but because I knew it from MY OWN KNOWLEDGE AND
If man is to be the head as Paul of Tarsus states, tell me then why did Jesus himself first appear to his women disciples, and not the men? Some religious scholars feel that Paul of Tarsus usurped Peter's authority as leader of the apostles, and the spreading of the gospel. That Peter himself tried to correct this in some of his letters (don't ask me which ones, because I don't remember). I personally agree with this. There is archeological evidence that it was women, not men, that c
That is not the reaaon of my being here. That was the point of the two stories behind Gilgamesh and Noah and the fact that different events and the truth are quite often perceived differently by different people. That only THE I AM, holds the true meaning of anything, and since only THE I AM does, that is where one must go to find the truth, not to a book or any man. I've already told you why I'm here to deliver the message that it is possible for ALL MEN TO ACCESS THE I AM, no matter who the
An interesting link that you provided stubby. I enjoyed reading it. However that is not all that will happen. The earth will cross the center of the milky way galaxy. An event that doesn't takes place only once in several (five, I believe more or less)hundred million years. The center of the galaxy is called the dark rift. It is most peculiar. It is darkest spot in the galaxy, with a strange lack of stars not seen elsewhere. Some scientists theorize that the poles and the equator may poss
This round of earth will end, period, and when I say this round of earth it doesn't mean that the earth itself will no longer exist, it will, but not as the earth that we currently know and live on. There will not be a rapture simply as a reward for belief. Many will die, millions of us. Will there be survivors, I don't really know, but I suspect there will be. And those that do die, will eventually be reincarnated to continue on with their journey with the same lessons to learn from karma t
By the way what I am speaking of when I said doing it correctly, was putting my own self importance aside. I want to make that perectly clear.
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