Solus Christus

My point is Erasmus and Luther caught that the majority of the original texts said “repent” which fits with plethora of scriptures (even OT), and that Jerome had mistranslated it “do penance.” That stands for any language, because its the Greek New Testament that even the English Bible is bow translated from. Erasmus translation was Greek, do you not know about him? It wasn’t a German translation. Erasmus wanted to go back to original language The NT is written in and found differences in them. The Apostle Paul wrote in Greek, not Latin, Syriac, Egyptian, Coptic, and etc. The Gospels were written by the Apostled in Koine Greek, because it was the common tongue, The French, the English of the time. The ‘earliest manuscripts’ you speak of like The Alexandrian / Textus Receptus are Egyptian (it is even called Egyptian Text) and used by Roman Catholic Church, Coptic Church, and other erroneous denoms. There are major error via the gnostics, coptics (who arn’t Christian, I can gladly prove this from their own creeds). I stay away from Egyptian Christianities, they are very corrupt from my own experience around them. The Majority Text is on Byzantine or Greek Speaking texts without Egyptian or Roman Catholic interference. Oh really, so if all your relatives have 4999 copies of gradma’s secret sauce they say use pesto, and 1 copy says salsa verde, you would go with the one? The Majority or consensus is right. Hence The Council of Nicea agreed Jesus and Father are One Essence (Homeostasis), with only two bishops out of Two hundred & fifty to Three hundred disagreeing. Those two are the heretics, not the majority.

Great point! Persecution was indeed the Church’s Tower of Babel to get them to “go forth and make disciples of all nations.” Thanks for bringing that up.

I find the hardest moment is getting another saint to realize “we are both right,” that we are seeing teo different sides of the coin, or as Rabbi said, “the many colors reflecting from diamond.”

I have to admit I am worried about the Christian Post-Modernism. That no two Christians can agree on anything, even words regarding essentials. It makes me feel nostalgia for authoritarian churches, where everyone in congregation & church denom agrees to a creed, and etc. But even that is fragmenting with schisms in Reformed Churches. Sigh.

I think Enoch was the first prophet.

That Ephensians 4:31-32 is so good. We are suppose to be spreading the fruit of the Spirit, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (Galarians 5:22-23)

I am saddened when saints let their mouths or in the case of online, fingers, serve Satan, like how Peter did and Christ rebuked his behavior, “And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”(Matthew 16:22-23) I think when saints do bite it is because their mind is on things of man.

Yeah I read up on it.

Is it true Jews don’t get tattoos?

Well The Church is under the New Covenant which is outlined in The New Testament. The Old Testament deals with the Old Covenant which has passed away. Many Messianic Bibles replace Old Testament and New Testament with simply Old and New Covenant.

What is YEC? I said I believe Genesis 1 is what it is saying it is, seven days of Creation. I stick to literal till its obvious its symbolism. I believe Scripture is clear, that it can be understood by as William Tyndale said “a plow boy.”

Really? New Covenant is mentioned by Jeremiah and Jesus says He is creating New Covenant in His Blood. Its clearly foretelling Jesus and The New Covenant in His Blood.

Ars not all assumptions, aren’t we all using a lens?: denominational upbringing, eschatological view, and etc? Its like history, all history is biased, it is point of view of the victor, persecuted, and etc.

“But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.” (Galatians 5:15) A warning for us saints. If we are not careful, we will consume each other, and fail to prove to the world that we are Christ’s disciples, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (Joun 13:35)

Its not a surrender, its we will never agree on this so why debate endlessly? Where is the grace in your namesake huh?