As an aside: how do you suggest demonstrating that the bible is God's word? Where are the tens of thousands of Christians who after attending sermons then go and share their lives with stupid poor people who probably will never be able to repay the act? They are almost nowhere to be found, but...
[Jhn 13:34-35 NIV] 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
We must know by the love for one another, which is a fruit of the spirit. If this is absent...
Since the thread is titled "Truths in Scripture", this is the right thread to discuss whether made up things has any basis at all, as opposed to scripture. Especially if one claims to accept scripture.
What's a fundamentalist to you? I hear that applied to so many things, in the same way people...
According to the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu sacred book, Krishna identifies himself as "The lord of destruction, The serpent of eternity, The prince of demons". According to the Bible, these are references to Satan. Krishna being a forgiver in Hindu mythology is a superficial similarity to Jesus...
Well the OT is mythology so that is one mention of sins in myth.
But Lord Krishna also forgives sins and such:
"Krishna promises to forgive and deliver all sinful reactions of those who surrender to Him exclusively. (Bhagavad Gita 18.66) This applies to even the most sinful persons, the only...
Well there are other dreams that were prophecies in the Hebrew scriptures.
Daniel had a terrifying dream of wild beasts that represented coming world powers, for example.
Ok, but these two were interpreted by people who were prophets. The prophets themselves didn't have the dreams.
Jeremiah23:25-26 "I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!' How long will this continue in the hearts of these...
Jeremiah23:25 “I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
It is paraphrasing himself poetically/prophetically, so the first instance is the people claiming they had a dream (Jeremiah23:25), and second is challenging the...
The dreaming that the Bible condemns is false dreaming. Deuteronomy 13:1-5, Jeremiah23:25-32 Jeremiah 27:9-10 Zechariah 10:2 Jude 1:8 It basically has to do with false prophecy. People saying that a dream was given by God when it wasn't. How do you tell the difference? God's purpose is...
The last two posts reminded me of these quotes found in the article linked.
A spokesman for the Protestant-sponsored New International Version, published in English in 1978, wrote: “Jehovah is a distinctive name for God and ideally we should have used it. But we put 21⁄4 million dollars into...
My Rabbi approves.
25I have heard what the prophets have said,
That prophesy lies in My name, saying:
‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed.’
26How long shall this be?
Is it in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies,
And the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27That think to cause My...
You really have to be careful when considering dreams to be 'revelations from God' though. Yes, God can reveal information to a person in a dream, but so can the demons and Satan do the same thing. And the fact that dream interpretation was common among ancient pagan relgions, dreams in...