If you cannot understand the beginning of this chapter, i.e., John 1:1 then how could you understand that John 3:18 is literally talking about your unbelief? You simply cannot understand all these things because you were chosen by God NOT to believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that is, “And the Word was God”. IOW, you were chosen by God to believe that the Lord Jesus is an “a god” and not “And the Word was God”
Oh, well that explains everything.
Thank you so much for that extremely interesting piece of information.
Only the "chosen ones" will believe in the trinity. All others will be blocked from believing it. Really?
You think that John 1:1 can only mean that Jesus is equal to the Father......seriously?
There are some who can see clearly what the Greek text says and others who want it to mean something else. So just for clarity, please provide a direct statement from either God or his son to the effect that they are equal parts of a godhead. Just one will do.....and I'll be happy to admit that I am deluded.
Your view means of course, that the preaching work Jesus assigned to his disciples is all for nothing. It basically boils down to a message of doom for all those who won't accept the triune godhead, (which incidentally did not exist in church doctrine until the 4th century) . Everyone who is "chosen" by God to believe the trinity will do so, and those who are not "chosen" will not, no matter what anyone tells them? Oh happy days! What "good news" that is!
I'll just sneak back into my hole and refrain from saying a word to anyone because my preaching is useless then? The good news is really just bad news.
Yep.
2TH 2:11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
2TH 2:12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
“but took pleasure in wickedness” MT 7:23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’
OK, consider this......what if the trinity is the greatest blasphemy ever perpetrated in the name of Christianity?
What if these scriptures are talking about those who accept the blasphemy as truth?
What if the "lawlessness" is putting the son in the same position as the Father and thus breaking the first commandment?
Who then becomes a "worker of lawlessness"? Who then is "taking pleasure in wickedness"?
Please think about that.
Remember those deeds, your righteous deeds that you kept on posting here?
You see the pattern here? These verses are talking about you guys/jw.
But they could never be talking about you guys though.
LOL
The Pharisees never thought that Jesus' words could apply to them either.
MT 7:15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
What if the "wolves in sheep's clothing" were already corrupting Christianity before the apostles passed away? What if the wolves are the ones who introduced the trinity so long ago, that most people accept it as the foundation doctrine of Christianity?
Would you know? Many centuries of indoctrination is hard to shake.
Daniel foretold the "cleansing and refining" of God's people in the "time of the end". (Dan 12:4, 9, 10)
This is "the time of the end" right now, and God's people have obeyed his command to 'get out of Babylon the great' before he brings her just punishment upon her. (Rev 18:4, 5) Have you?
Since Christendom has not cleansed herself of the false teachings adopted from paganism in the early centuries, they can lay no claim to being God's people.They do not obey the teachings of the Christ at all, but ditch these in favor of their adopted beliefs that can be traced back to ancient Babylon.
We obey the Christ in taking the kingdom message to all who will listen, thereby not pre-judging anyone, but giving everyone an opportunity at life everlasting.
So, I guess time will tell won't it?
