Boxjobox on modalism

[UntoHim]

Sorry Boxy, I've already told you many times. No cross-posting from this forum to the main forum. Also no discussing the heresy of Unitarianism on the main forum. We already have our hands full in dealing with the heresies of Witness Lee and the Local Church.

You're an interesting fellow Boxy. You're obviously a very thoughtful guy. But you have a huge blind spot when it comes to what the main forum on LCD is all about. It is mainly about two things. One is to be a venue for former members to come and dialogue about the teachings, practices and history of the Local Church of Witness Lee. For some it is coming to terms with all that we learned and experienced in the movement. For some it is a chance to give a testimony of what God has done for them and shown them since escaping the LC.

The other reason is for current members to have a place to come and dialogue with forum LC members and even the general Christians public. Not many current members have taken advantage of LCD, but I am going to keep praying and hoping that they will.

LocalChurchDiscussions does not exist so that the heresies of Witness Lee get traded for the heresies of some other tiny, insignificant sect - Even a little sect as ancient as Unitarianism.

Lastly, I have asked you not to get me involved in your discussions over here on Alt Views. If you must insist on bringing something from the main forum over here, then I'm going to have to ask you to just address the issue(s) in a general way, and not make it something personal between you and me. For example, you brought over my last post, of which the greater part is a quote from Witness Lee. In this case, please address what Lee has written and leave me out of it.

In the meantime....please turn to your Bible and read out loud Philippians 2:6 -
Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped... (emphasis mine)

I have studied Koine Greek for the better part of 20 years now. I am very familiar with the Greek word ἴσος - isos - Commonly translated as EQUAL TO OR THE SAME. The apostle Paul was a very educated man. He chose his words very carefully. THE APOSTLE PAUL CLEARLY AND STRONGLY STATED THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS EQUAL TO AND THE SAME AS GOD.

Boxy, I know you desperately want this and the many other NT verses that clearly show that Jesus Christ is God to simply go away. This verse was not written 1500 years ago, or by some Roman Catholic theologian, or by Constantine or by Witness Lee. It was written by the first Christian theologian, who just happened to be the first trinitarian. Nothing you post....no matter how many times you post it...will ever make this verse disappear. I know you will try to explain it away by saying that nobody really understands what the apostle Paul was saying here, or that you're not interested in it. Please go to your local seminary and take a few years of Greek and then get back to us. OK?
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