Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-15-2015, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: A stranger in a strange land
It may seem crass or even blasphemous to lump Jesus' narrative together with those of Moses, Martin Luther, and Watchman Nee, along with David Koresh, Joseph Smith, and Sun Myung Moon. My answer is...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-15-2015, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: A stranger in a strange land
The broader theme I see, and the warning which accompanies it, is going beyond one's station, or measure. Admittedly the present scenario is lacking. Protestantism is degraded, RCC is warped, Greek...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-15-2015, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
A stranger in a strange land
"The time for silence and shrinking back out of fear of being labeled heretical, cultic, or unorthodox must come to an end . . . The believers in Christ become God in and through their organic union...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-13-2015, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
Deification (read: glorification, or transfiguration) should follow transformation. Yet Lee showed himself as an avaricious merchandizer from the beginning, and where did that get transformed?...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-11-2015, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
To be fair to the "leading brothers", they are too busy "running the church" to care for the saints. Right? Like Jethro, in Exodus 18, telling Moses to get subordinates to deal with issues of...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-10-2015, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
I got the same thing. Once the euphoria wore off, and my old problems put me back on the merry-go-round, I went to an elder. I said "I have a problem" and told him what was going on. "No, you don't"...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-10-2015, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
I think these are great posts. I remember when Lee sprung the "I'm a God-man" trap on the saints -- most didn't know what to think. Maybe 10 percent shouted "I'm a God-Man!!" as loudly and frequently...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-09-2015, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
Acts 7:35 "This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, 'Who made you ruler and judge?' He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-09-2015, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
Deification: my own take is that “becoming God” has two parts, both worth noting. First, “becoming”… not sure what text supports that? It says humans will be “like” God, in Genesis 3:5, Exodus 4:16,...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
02-08-2015, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 16,154
Re: Deification
"He said (in the Bible) that we were "gods" and He is going to make good His words." ~ C.S. Lewis.
The scripture said, "You are gods, but you will die like men." (Psa 82:6,7) The gods were...
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