"...I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it" (Matthew 16:18). Since Jesus promised to protect His Church, how could the Christian church have apostatized to the point of needing a new religion to be developed in order to restore it to the earth?
* We are gods in embryo and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves the same as all Gods have done before you. - Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 21; Teaching of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 345-346
can anyone explain this to me? gods?
although some things may be takin out of context there are alot of nonbias websites that are credible that document a large number of malestation in the jw community
:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn(PROTOTOKOS) of every creature:
1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him...
idk.but can you tell me where there would have intepreted these ideas?like about blacke people i watched a pbsshow about mormons and it said something about black people i dnt remeber what exactly could you explain?
i guess...but then why what was the purpose of it being said..you know... its said to make a destinction of where they are or else if it was just earth then they would need to say it...lol
but if they were to take that number for what it is wouldnt they believe that only the tribes of israel would be in heaven?thats what its speaking of...idk why would they mix that up with the other sheep?
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number...
if this is what this passage means then why must the watchtower change john1:1 to "a" God and not just God.it was changed for a reason becuase the article a grammatically in greek doesnt fit.
The eternal Word, who was to be made man (John 1:14), is God (not merely "a god" as some have alleged)...
I actually i am. id like to not made to feel like more of and idiot with rhetorical questions if you dnt mind.ive heard talk about lucifer n a certain way that made me wonder if they weret alking about satan...so...of course i want to know for sure...forgive me for not knowing about lucifer......
The word in Greek for "first-created" is "protoktistos". This term is NOT used in connection with Jesus. The term "firstborn" means in Greek, "Preeminence in rank". Christ was preeminent before all creation and is therefore the Creator. Read John 1:3-4 and Colossians 1:16-17. "...the beginning...