I wonder, if all the men in churches today would actually obey the Bible and greet each other with holy kisses, would there be any men in our churches that struggle with homosexuality?
Completely random thought, I know. Yet could there be something to this?
Lead the way, but not on my cheek...
You guys might do well to study hermeneutics. Kissing was a social practice then, like hand shaking is today.
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There is a small group of brothers (myself as one) at my church that uses such verbiage, either in greeting, or when we say good bye.
It's not all the time, or done arrogantly, as if to sound spiritual, but because we recognize these forms of address as Biblical, and so, seek to emulate them.
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For anyone devoted to His fear:
There is a small group of brothers (myself as one) at my church that uses such verbiage, either in greeting, or when we say good bye.
It's not all the time, or done arrogantly, as if to sound spiritual, but because we recognize these forms of address as Biblical, and so, seek to emulate them.
A little at a time Oneness will come to see how important the full spectrum of Christ really is. He is simultaneously God and man. See Isaiah 9:6. To think he is no longer a man is a terrible heresy if anyone is believing such.
I am oneness, and the answer is yes. In the context it is written in the bible, that statement implies His manifestation in flesh as the Son of God required reliance upon God as any other human being would and does. Basic oneness 101. What is so challenging about that question in your mind?
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
I am oneness, and the answer is yes. In the context it is written in the bible, that statement implies His manifestation in flesh as the Son of God required reliance upon God as any other human being would and does. Basic oneness 101. What is so challenging about that question in your mind?
So, we have two distinct consciousnesses there. One is the other one's God. One talks to the other. One knows things the other one doesn't know. They have different desires (wills). One begat the other. One is the other's father, for crying out loud.
But we can't say they are two persons.
Natch.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Until oneness believers today begin regularly speaking like the above when talking about God and Jesus Christ then something is biblically amiss with their beliefs about God and Jesus Christ.
Can you imagine the jaw drops from the congregation if the Pastor greets the congregation the same way Paul greets the churches?..
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