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Hello Abdurrahman!
Abdurrahman wrote:
Matthew 16:36-44
36. Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."
37. He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
38. Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."
39. Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
40. Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter.
41. "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
42. He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
43. When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.
44. So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
Corrupted Gospel? Do you really believe that God would entrust His Holy and Divine word to such men who could not properly manage it? If the Gospel is corrupted it is corrupted my men such as yourself who distort the Truth of Scripture and conform it to your own liking. Confused?
Jesus is the Eternal Son of God the second member of the Triune Godhead. Distinct from the Father, separate in person and same in essence and unity.
Abdurrahman wrote: Mark 10:18 Jesus said “And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.”
John 14:28 Jesus said "My Father (GOD) is greater than I"
John 8:28 Jesus said "I do nothing of myself"
John 14:12 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Here in this scripture we understand that we are able to do greater works than Jesus Himself, because "
He goes unto His Father" When He ascended into Heaven He gave the Gift of the Holy Spirit to dwell within all believers who are present at more than one place at a time, and also promised that He would abide in all beleivers. We would perform greater works in quantity and not quality, Christ ministry was directed primarily towards Israel, we would take it to the World!
In John 8:28 you left out the rest of the verse:...
then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things."
Abdurrahman wrote: Matthew 24:36 Jesus said "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
Even in the Old Testament, the foretold Prophet, Jesus, was said to have the Spirit of Fearing GOD Almighty in him:
Once again, Jesus in His humanity was limited to certain abilities.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself (of no reputation), and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Philippians 2:5-7
Of not reputation:{
kenoo} which means to empty or to make empty. Pertaining to Christ who had laid aside equality with or the form of God. Christ had emptied Himself by veiling His Glory and by taking on Himself a True but sinless nature and volunatarily submitting to the will of His Father. Christ ata ll times remained God and also retaining all the attributes and nature of God but at the same time took on human form to have a ministry among men.
Abdurrahman wrote: Isaiah 11:1-3 "1. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him (Jesus)-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of
counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD (Jesus fearing his GOD)--
and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or
decide by what he hears with his ears;"
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. John 5:22,23
Would God commit all Judgment to a mere man?
You have been blinded by the god of this world who has put a veil over your eyes and thorns around your heart. Those who continue to disbelieve will remain in their disbelief and as I stated before will lead to a permanent hardening of the heart where there is not conviction of the Truth in them. Christ died for us, He died for you my friend.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:25,28-30
God Bless!