Which one is a Cult? A or B?

[Bro Rando]

Which one is a Cult? A or B?

'Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.' (1 Corinthians 15:24)


A. Trinitarians Claim that God hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father
B. Christians Claim Jesus hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father

 

[Brian2]

Answer A makes no sense to me, because I fail understanding how anybody can handover anything to himself.

The Son is not the Father.

 

[Left Coast]

***MOVED TO SAME FAITH DEBATES***

 

[metis]

A. Trinitarians Claim that God hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father

Huh?

I don't think you understand what the Trinitarian concept actually posits.

 

[Katzpur]

Which one is a Cult? A or B?

'Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.' (1 Corinthians 15:24)


A. Trinitarians Claim that God hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father
B. Christians Claim Jesus hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father

The question makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. You are using the word "cult" to mean any Christian denomination that has doctrines you personally disagree with. There is no one perfect Christian denomination, no one group whose doctrines are 100% without flaw. The fact that a group has errors in doctrine does not in any way, shape, or form, make it a "cult."

 

[Bird123]

Which one is a Cult? A or B?

'Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.' (1 Corinthians 15:24)


A. Trinitarians Claim that God hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father
B. Christians Claim Jesus hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father

Isn't Cult really too strong a word? How about there are lots of misunderstandings in the world especially when one relies on Beliefs?

First, There is no Kingdom!! Next, life is the education of God's children. Given enough lessons and lives, one comes to Understand all sides. When one Understands all sides, Intelligence will make the Best choices. Is there really a need for a bunch of laws and rules for those making the Best choices? Of course not!!

Everybody wants to rule the world. I see this as mankind's biggest problem. Rulers, Kingdoms, Controlling, Ruling and the narrow, only my way, are petty things. These things will be obsolete and useless at the Higher Level when one has Learn to choose the Best choices.

On the other hand, It never hurts to Question that which clearly does not add up. To Question is the start on the journey to Discovery. Isn't cult really too strong a word??

That's what I see. It's very clear!!

 

[Bro Rando]

Let's try another one.

Which one is the Deceiver? A or B?

A. Trinitarians Claim God as coming in the flesh.
B. Christians Claim Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. (2 John 1:7)

 

[metis]

A. Trinitarians Claim God as coming in the flesh.

Depends on how one interprets this.

From the Catholic perspective, Jesus is of God; or to put it another way, Jesus is of the "essence" of God.

If you're not familiar with the word "essence", basically it can be summed up as "the whole is greater than just the sum of its parts". Thus, Jesus is of God but is not literally God, such as when Jesus said that he and the Father were "one". BTW, the same is also true of the Holy Spirit.

Thus, the Catholic use of the Trinitarian concept is not that there are three gods.

 

[Bro Rando]

Thus, Jesus is of God but is not literally God, such as when Jesus said that he and the Father were "one".

Thank you. Well, you will have many trinitarians up in arms by your statement. Jesus is not literally God of which I am in agreement. But the trinity itself is full of contradictions.

The trinity makes the claim:
1) God the Father is God. That's one God. (1 Peter 1:3)
2) God the Son is God. That's two Gods. (Not in the Bible)
3) God the Holy Spirit is God. That's three God's (Not in the Bible)

Many trinitarians proclaim that Jesus is the incarnate of God the Father in Flesh which is actually a denial of the three separate persons and (2 John 1:7)

The trinity states that the Father is not the son, and the son is not the Father, neither is Holy Spirt the Father or the Son. Then I can only conclude from the trinity doctrine that each separate person is not God alone. See their dilemma?

If Jesus is the son of God, then whose son is he?

 

[Brian2]

Let's try another one.

Which one is the Deceiver? A or B?

A. Trinitarians Claim God as coming in the flesh.
B. Christians Claim Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. (2 John 1:7)

That one is about whether Jesus is God.
How about:
In the light of John 20:28 Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Which one is the deceiver, A or B?

A. The people who say Jesus is not our God.
B. The people who say Jesus is our God.

 

[We Never Know]

That one is about whether Jesus is God.
How about:
In the light of John 20:28 Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Which one is the deceiver, A or B?

A. The people who say Jesus is not our God.
B. The people who say Jesus is our God.

Which one is the deceiver, A or B?

A. The people who say god created man in his image.
B. The people who say man evolved to what we are.

 

[Brian2]

Which one is a Cult? A or B?

'Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.' (1 Corinthians 15:24)


A. Trinitarians Claim that God hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father
B. Christians Claim Jesus hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father

Who owns what?

When Jesus hands over the Kingdom to His God and Father does that mean that it did not belong to His God and Father? No.
In light of John 16:15 Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine.
When Jesus hands over the Kingdom to His God and Father does that mean that the Kingdom does not then belong to the Son?

How about:

In light of 1Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Which one is a cult? A or B.

A The one that says God is everywhere.
B The one that says God is not everywhere.

 

[Bro Rando]

In the light of John 20:28 Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is at the Father’s side is the one who has explained Him. (John 1:18)

 

[Brian2]

Which one is the deceiver, A or B?

A. The people who say god created man in his image.
B. The people who say man evolved to what we are.

People who say man evolved with no input from God are wrong.
Deliberate deceivers is not necessarily what they are however. How about deceived.

 

[Brian2]

No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is at the Father’s side is the one who has explained Him. (John 1:18)

A Jew would not have called anyone "my God" without that person being God.
In context in John 20 it means that the Son of God is God, (John 20:31) and in the bigger context of John's gospel it means that the Jews were right when they claimed that Jesus claim to being the Son of God was making Himself equal to God.
John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

And yes Jesus did break the Sabbath but law is like that, sometimes you have to choose which is the more important command to obey and in Jesus case it was whether to love His neighbour or to not do anything on the Sabbath. He chose wisely I would say.

 

[metis]

Thank you. Well, you will have many trinitarians up in arms by your statement. Jesus is not literally God of which I am in agreement. But the trinity itself is full of contradictions.

The trinity makes the claim:
1) God the Father is God. That's one God. (1 Peter 1:3)
2) God the Son is God. That's two Gods. (Not in the Bible)
3) God the Holy Spirit is God. That's three God's (Not in the Bible)

Many trinitarians proclaim that Jesus is the incarnate of God the Father in Flesh which is actually a denial of the three separate persons and (2 John 1:7)

The trinity states that the Father is not the son, and the son is not the Father, neither is Holy Spirt the Father or the Son. Then I can only conclude from the trinity doctrine that each separate person is not God alone. See their dilemma?

If Jesus is the son of God, then whose son is he?

Again, the key is to understand "essence" and how it is used in this context.

We need to remember that the NT was mainly written in Koine Greek, and Greek was heavily influenced by the likes of Aristotle and Plato. If the NT had been mainly written in English back then, there are likely old English idioms that would have been used instead.

Even today, translating Greek into English creates certain "issues" as there's words in Greek that don't translate well into English unless one explains them, and just one example of this is "agape", of which there is no single word in English that captures its meaning. One of my teachers specialized in Koine Greek, and he had to explain what it means as the English word "love" just doesn't cover it.

An excellent source for this background is "The History of the Catholic Church" by James Hitchcock, whereas he spends an entire chapter on how the Church came up with the Nicene Creed and the Christian canon, both of which took almost an entire century and involved over 1000 bishops from various areas. What came out as far as the Creed is concerned was very much a compromise, thus some of the wording seems [and is] rather muddled. It reminds me of the standing joke that "A camel is a horse built by a committee".

Because of the issue I mention above, the Church often took the "shortcut" of having Jesus be God, which is much easier to teach and understand than Jesus being of the essence of God. In a sense, Jesus being God is true, but the problem is that it makes no sense if taken at the literalistic level if one looks at the fact that numerous verses do separate the Two, such as when Jesus said he did not know when the end of times would be and that only the Father would know. Obviously, this implies that Jesus was not omniscient but the Father is.

 

[Bro Rando]

Actually, Jesus was begotten, has a beginning, and is first born of all creation. To make the claim God was begotten, God has a beginning, and God is first born of all creation, is a theological untruth spawned by the trinitarians who reject (John 3:16)

According to Jesus Christ, His God and Father is One Nature. "God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) Therefore, there is no need to bow down to statues built of wood, stone, copper, or gold. Such things are forbidden. "Hear this, you foolish and senseless people: They have eyes but cannot see; They have ears but cannot hear." (Jeremiah 5:21)

Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father with "spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him."(John 4:23)

The woman said to him: “I know that Mes·siʹah is coming, who is called Christ. Whenever that one comes, he will declare all things to us openly.” Jesus said to her: “I am he, the one speaking to you.” (John 4:25-26)

Take Care...

 

[Bro Rando]

Even today, translating Greek into English creates certain "issues" as there's words in Greek that don't translate well into English unless one explains them, and just one example of this is "agape", of which there is no single word in English that captures its meaning.

Some, though, have the wrong idea about a·gaʹpe. They think that it means a cold, intellectual type of love. The fact is that a·gaʹpe often includes warm personal affection. For example, when John wrote, “The Father loves the Son,” he used a form of the word a·gaʹpe. Is that love devoid of warm affection? Note that Jesus said, “The Father has affection for the Son,” using a form of the word phi·leʹo. (John 3:35; 5:20) Jehovah’s love often includes tender affection. However, his love is never swayed by mere sentiment. It is always guided by his wise and just principles. Read more...

The ancient Greeks had four basic words, used in various forms, to describe love: stor·geʹ, eʹros, phi·liʹa, and a·gaʹpe. Of these, a·gaʹpe is the term used to describe the God who “is love.”

[Footnotes]
^ par. 5 A·gaʹpe is also used in negative contexts.—John 3:19; 12:43; 2 Tim. 4:10; 1 John 2:15-17.
^ par. 7 The expression “no natural affection” is a translation of a form of stor·geʹ with the negative prefix a, meaning “without.”—See also Romans 1:31.
^ par. 18 In the New World Translation, other Greek words are also translated “tender affection.” Hence, in that version, “tender affection” appears not only at Romans 12:10 but also at Philippians 1:8 and 1 Thessalonians 2:8.
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Philia!

 

[Bro Rando]

A Jew would not have called anyone "my God" without that person being God.
In context in John 20 it means that the Son of God is God, (John 20:31) and in the bigger context of John's gospel it means that the Jews were right when they claimed that Jesus claim to being the Son of God was making Himself equal to God.
John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

And yes Jesus did break the Sabbath but law is like that, sometimes you have to choose which is the more important command to obey and in Jesus case it was whether to love His neighbour or to not do anything on the Sabbath. He chose wisely I would say.

Thank you for your response. Notice this is a false charge from the Opposers of Jesus Christ John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am. (John 14:28)

Jesus said to him: “Why do you call Me good? Nobody is good except one, God.” (Mark 10:18)

Then he said to them: “The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.” (Luke 6:5)

The Sabbath was a day of REST and Restoration, The wicked Jewish Priests along with its sects rejected Jesus as the Christ and the Son of Man. Jesus was performing a day of relief for the man which was pointing to something of Greater Significance. The 1,000 Reign of Christ is a day of a Relief, Restoration, and Rest for mankind. (2 Peter 3:8)

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[Brian2]

Thank you for your response. Notice this is a false charge from the Opposers of Jesus Christ John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

https://biblehub.com/greek/2316.htm

Why do you say it was a false charge. Jesus was breaking the Sabbath and was making Himself equal with God by calling God His Father.

You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am. (John 14:28)

That does not mean they do not have the same nature/essence. The Son was then in a position of less authority and so the Father was greater. The Son is always submissive to His Father anyway.

Jesus said to him: “Why do you call Me good? Nobody is good except one, God.” (Mark 10:18)

You pick out a verse where Jesus is showing that He is God and you twist it around to mean that He is not God. Don't you realise that Jesus IS good? You will have to stop listening to your teachers who are teaching you false doctrine and reasonig.

Then he said to them: “The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.” (Luke 6:5)

The Sabbath was a day of REST and Restoration, The wicked Jewish Priests along with its sects rejected Jesus as the Christ and the Son of Man. Jesus was performing a day of relief for the man which was pointing to something of Greater Significance. The 1,000 Reign of Christ is a day of a Relief, Restoration, and Rest for mankind. (2 Peter 3:8)

I'm not sure what the 1000 years being like a day and a day being like a 1000 years to God has to do with it.
The thing about the Sabbath is that it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath and to work on the Sabbath out of love for God and neighbour. The Priests worked on the Sabbath, Jesus showed that even a Jew would pull his animal out of a ditch on the Sabbath and so should do the same for a man. Jesus broke the Sabbath in order to obey the Law and love God and neighbour.
Likewise the charge of claiming equality with God was correct. It is just that you do not want to admit that Jesus is the real Son of God with the same nature. You want to make Him a creation of God like the rest of creation.
Who cares, first, second or 50 millionth one created, that does not make anyone any better.
Jesus was appointed to be firstborn (Psalm 89:27). Nobody gets appointed to be the first one born. You are the first one born or you are not,,,,,,,,,,no appointment there. The Governing Body has denied the true meaning of "firstborn" to make it look like Jesus was created first and then they add to the Bible the word "other" to make it look like Jesus was one of the things created. Look at Colossians 1:15-17 in the New World Translation and you will see "other" added when it is not in the Greek. The NWT used to put this word in brackets but now has grown bold enough to remove the brackets as if it is in the original text.
John 1:3 All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
The GB has not yet gotten around to adding "other" into this passage and we can see from it that Jesus has not come into existence. iows He is not a part of the creation except for the fact that He stepped into the creation when He became a man.