john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
Everyone will get another chance at life. If this was not the case then a price or defined value could be attached to the sacrificial death of Jesus'. The death of Christ for mankind is priceless!
22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.
Rooster
john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
36 He that believes in the Son has everlasting life; he that disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.
HMMM.. Just obey the son. What did ask us to do?. Love our neighbor as ourself. How hard is that?
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it has occurred to me that jehovah's witness are particularly hypocritical when it comes to 'labelling'.. they are very quick to say that jehovah's witnesses are not a sect/cult/ascetics/pacifists/creationists/fundamentalists, but they have a whole host of labels for peopel who don't agree with them: marked/reproved/inactive/disfellowshipped/disassociated/apostate.. anyone else think it is hypocritical?
48 "But if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, ‘My master is delaying,’ 49 and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, 51 and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.
The WTBTS eats & drinks with the confirmed drunkards!
if you read my other post you'll get the context but since this will be of great potential interest here it is: .
the jws are soon(next few months) going to make a public proclamation against all other churches which he was confident would 'shake things up' and would make a few jws unhappy???.
is this the big announcement for september?
48 "But if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, ‘My master is delaying,’ 49 and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, 51 and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.
The WTBTS is that evil slave!!! As they beat other Christians!
john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
Honestly Rooster,Do you have any independent thoughts or are you just capable of cutting and pasting english translations of ancient texts written thousands of years ago in the middle east by the Jesus fanclub?
I can cut and quote what you have said.. Does that count?
john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
Ever considered the possibility that YOU are wrong? And the jews or hindus or muslims or ba-hais or buddhists or wiccans or satanists or Neptune worshippers may be right?I thought I was wrong one time but I wasn't. So was I wrong for thinking that I was wrong?
john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
Rooster, it may help to stop eating the menu, and instead feast upon the food (we're having chicken).
Its a tool/trap of satins filled with blinded followers as puppets.
just some private pondering here.
as i watched a good friend get baptized, i wondered, how does a jehovah's witness explain isaiah 45:22-23/romans 14:11?
in these two scriptures, god says that one day everyone will honor him.
I have another one for you from Matthew 16:19
and whatever you may bind on earth will be the thing bound in the heavens, and whatever you may loose on earth will be the thing loosed in the heavens."
Now as you can see they are binding things in heaven with every new Watchtower magazine.
john 20:30-31
30 to be sure, jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll.
31 but these have been written down that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son of god, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.
| Aug 16, 2006 | ||
Thats were the difficulty may arise. This is the problem that the 1st century Jews had. It couldn’t be that simple there had to be more. Why look at all the rules we lived by and now you are saying just believe? No there has to be more. More I tell you. Where is Johnny so we can circumcise him? | ||
