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  1. Deeje

    Hello! New member AppieB

    Well, you've come to the right place... Welcome.
  2. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    Why do you think there are four gospel accounts? Are we to rely on just one? All are contained in the Bible canon and the 12 apostles were specially selected from among the less educated Jews for the simple reason that the schools where the Pharisees taught, were not teaching God's word....they...
  3. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    John ch 1 in no way presents Jesus as God Almighty..... The Greek presents a different story. " In en the beginning archē was eimi the ho Word logos, and kai the ho Word logos was eimi with pros · ho God theos, and kai the ho Word logos was eimi God theos. The Word (Logos) was with "ho theos"...
  4. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    Jesus actually came to show us how to worship his God acceptably.....the Jews were not doing so because their religious leaders had introduced their adopted traditions and replaced the principles contained in God's word with their own own ideas. Jesus indicated that this was unacceptable...
  5. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    I guess you need to read scripture more carefully..... What other angel was "begotten" by the Father as a human? What does the term "begotten" actually mean? Doesn't one who is "begotten" need a "begetter".....and doesn't the "begetter" need to be in existence first, in order to beget an...
  6. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    Perhaps you should take notice of this.... The personage who became Jesus Christ on earth has many names and many roles. He is not defined by one name or only one role. Everything he did and taught, was carried out under instruction from his Father. In John 5:19, in response to the Jews who...
  7. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    Can you tell me what's "non-Christian" about it? Jesus is a created being (Revelation 3:14; Colossians 1:15-17)...he is described as the "only begotten son of God" but not the only "son of God". Angels are sons of God too, so why can't the pre-human Jesus be Michael?...the Commander in Chief of...
  8. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    We have choices because we alone are capable of making them. We alone are made in God's image, and like our Maker, we alone have a concept of past, present and future. We alone have the capacity to imagine future happenings in our minds and to plan thoughtfully concerning them.... but we have...
  9. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    Actually we can't save anyone.....(1 Corinthians 3:6-7)....all we can do is offer the Bible's message of salvation by means of God's kingdom....and allow God to open hearts....it is he who invites people into his spiritual family. (John 6:65) Matthew 24:14, as part of Jesus' prophesy on the...
  10. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    Which is exactly what the scriptures say....(Matthew 19:26) Solomon wrote: “There is no man righteous in the earth that keeps doing good and does not sin.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20) So God’s arrangement to have sins atoned for by means of Jesus Christ is the only way through which salvation is...
  11. Deeje

    Do JW baptisms count?

    OK....I’ll give this thread my 2 cents worth, since I am the only one here (so far) qualified to answer the question..... Can I ask first of all why you would want to be baptized by JW’s? What do you believe baptism means? And why would you assume that we would baptized those who may not...
  12. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    I don't consider the book of Enoch to be canonical and so I gain all my knowledge from accepted canonical scripture....all we need to know is in there. The Nephilim were the human offspring of materialized angels and human women. They had no right to live because they were not the children of...
  13. Deeje

    Christians/Jews only; What if Job sinned?

    You are absolutely correct. The first humans had no sinful nature, so there was no "mistake" made....what they both did was willful and deliberate. They knew the consequences before they acted, but can you see the trap that the devil set for them? Each one of them ate the fruit...but for a...
  14. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    Regret is exactly what he felt.....his love and generosity were thrown back in his face by those he chose to bring his Messiah into the world....it was such a precious privilege but they devalued it, silenced his prophets who were sent to correct them, and eventually killed the one sent to save...
  15. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    Do you think God ever wanted his creation to become extinct? We were plunged in to this situation through no fault on our part.....would God punish us eternally for the sins committed in a short lifetime? That would violate his perfect justice. He has already demonstrated that he does not want...
  16. Deeje

    Christians/Jews only; What if Job sinned?

    God already knew that Job’s faith could withstand the devil’s trials. 1Corinthians 10:13.... “13 No temptation has come upon you except what is common to men. But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the...
  17. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    God has demonstrated his benevolence since the beginning, so to me there was never a doubt about his love and generosity for his intelligent creation. It surprises me to hear you say that, because evil was never supposed to be part of the human experience. God originally went to the trouble of...
  18. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    He exercised his omniscience in a way that would benefit as many as possible without coercion. He has no need to threaten people into submission. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, "but desires all to attain to repentance". ( 2 Peter 3:9) He is offering a place in his Kingdom to all who...
  19. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    Again, I do not see any mention about their "spirits" dying that day....God said that they would die that day and spiritually they were separated from God, that is true, but since the whole person is the 'soul' and their 'spirit' is the breath that keeps them living, Adam and his wife did not...
  20. Deeje

    Is God omnipotent?

    I have studied the creation account carefully and there is so much more to it than the scanty outline suggests. The Hebrew word "yohm" (day) for example, does not only mean a 24 hour day. It can mean an indefinite period of time. We even use the word that way ourselves....."in my grandfather's...
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