Be careful not to judge people by who they hang out with...
From Matthew, chapter 9:
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
From Matthew, chapter 9:
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Just so you know, I try to read all your comments, but I don't always answer your questions.
If you see a question unanswered, it probably means that I've already answered it 73 times.
Feel free to help me out and answer questions if you know the answer.
Thanks.
If you see a question unanswered, it probably means that I've already answered it 73 times.
Feel free to help me out and answer questions if you know the answer.
Thanks.
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I'm just me.
But when I'm filled with the Holy Spirit, I'm God's hands and feet.
I'm God with skin on.
But when I'm filled with the Holy Spirit, I'm God's hands and feet.
I'm God with skin on.
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What I was thinking during my earlier post...
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
It ain't "me" anymore. It's God in my skin.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
It ain't "me" anymore. It's God in my skin.
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Amazingly productive visit to South Dakota. Stay tuned!
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Philippians 2 teaches us that while on earth, Jesus Christ was "emptied" of his divine attributes (Gr: ekenosen) and was a perfect *human.*
That is why he is the perfect example of what it means to be human, and why he was precisely and quantitatively the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sin.
No more, no less.
That is how he was able to be tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin, so we are without excuse.
When Satan tempted Jesus in the desert, he was tempting Jesus to reappropriate his divine attributes. But Jesus remained faithful to his earthly mission, and chose to remain fully human. Like us.
Jesus Christ did not perform miracles. God did, through him. That is why Jesus was able to tell his disciples that they would do greater miracles than he did.
God *cannot* die. But a human can. Jesus Christ died.
That is why after his *bodily* resurrection, Jesus Christ's divine attributes were restored to him by God:
"Therefore also, God highly exalted him, and bestowed upon him the name that is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
My savior's life shows me what I was meant to be, a creation in God's image, and not divine.
His *human* death and resurrection also shows that I too can be resurrected, when God wills it.
Perhaps that's what it means to be created in God's image: God - divine attributes = human.
I don't need an example of how *God* would live on earth, I need an example of how a perfect *human* would.
Jesus Christ is my *human* example:
Empty of self, full of the Holy Spirit, and a conduit of the divine.
That is why he is the perfect example of what it means to be human, and why he was precisely and quantitatively the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sin.
No more, no less.
That is how he was able to be tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin, so we are without excuse.
When Satan tempted Jesus in the desert, he was tempting Jesus to reappropriate his divine attributes. But Jesus remained faithful to his earthly mission, and chose to remain fully human. Like us.
Jesus Christ did not perform miracles. God did, through him. That is why Jesus was able to tell his disciples that they would do greater miracles than he did.
God *cannot* die. But a human can. Jesus Christ died.
That is why after his *bodily* resurrection, Jesus Christ's divine attributes were restored to him by God:
"Therefore also, God highly exalted him, and bestowed upon him the name that is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
My savior's life shows me what I was meant to be, a creation in God's image, and not divine.
His *human* death and resurrection also shows that I too can be resurrected, when God wills it.
Perhaps that's what it means to be created in God's image: God - divine attributes = human.
I don't need an example of how *God* would live on earth, I need an example of how a perfect *human* would.
Jesus Christ is my *human* example:
Empty of self, full of the Holy Spirit, and a conduit of the divine.
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God created a rational universe, with consistent properties. He also gave me an inquisitive and rational mind to explore and appreciate it with.
I admit that I may only scratch the surface of understanding, but I will use the tools God has given me nevertheless.
I do not accept the premise that I "just have to have faith."
Not just science, but also doctrine.
Besides, it is fun to try to figure Him out.
I admit that I may only scratch the surface of understanding, but I will use the tools God has given me nevertheless.
I do not accept the premise that I "just have to have faith."
Not just science, but also doctrine.
Besides, it is fun to try to figure Him out.
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"Wisconsin News"
Today, at the Wisconsin State Capitol, True the Vote is presenting their evidence analogous to what they did in Georgia, and what is about to be released in "2000 Mules"; correlating phone pings with video footage showing thousands of ballots being stuffed.
The domino is already falling in Wisconsin, because Speaker Vos has recently publicly acknowledged that there was "widespread fraud" in the 2020 General Election in Wisconsin, and the legal remedy has already be laid out for him.
He is dragging his feet, but it is too late... Wisconsin is falling.
Next is Pennsylvania, because their own public records confirm that their 2020 general election was illegally certified, and has never reconciled. They still have more recorded ballots than voters!
Today, at the Wisconsin State Capitol, True the Vote is presenting their evidence analogous to what they did in Georgia, and what is about to be released in "2000 Mules"; correlating phone pings with video footage showing thousands of ballots being stuffed.
The domino is already falling in Wisconsin, because Speaker Vos has recently publicly acknowledged that there was "widespread fraud" in the 2020 General Election in Wisconsin, and the legal remedy has already be laid out for him.
He is dragging his feet, but it is too late... Wisconsin is falling.
Next is Pennsylvania, because their own public records confirm that their 2020 general election was illegally certified, and has never reconciled. They still have more recorded ballots than voters!
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I'm not happy with the Wisconsin testimony either.
Looks like a political move, not an evidentiary one.
Never underestimate politicians.
Looks like a political move, not an evidentiary one.
Never underestimate politicians.
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