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Galatians 1:8-9
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8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
2 Corinthians 11:1-4
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11 I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! 2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
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8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
2 Corinthians 11:1-4
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11 I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! 2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
So, clearly you are having been claimed in Baptism. The committee that did that for your benefit likely has a record of that Grace.
I struggle to follow your reasoning. God's written Word does not intercede for anyone. If you mean Jesus as the Word of God, then it would help to say so. What do you mean "by the Holy Catholic Church"?
I beg pardon! I am not interceding for myself with Scripture, it speaks the truth that is yet apparent.
Jesus is not the Word, the Word of Jesus is clearly written and can be read with a childlike understanding of hard teachings.
As for the holy Catholic Church I would direct you to The Small Catechism by Martin Luther...
If you read the Bible correctly, you will discover that indeed Jesus is the Word. Read the first Chapter of John's gospel.
Okay, I am taking a careful look. He calls his disciples, that is His Word, not the Word. Grammatical category of this coherent part of his Being is not "he was speaking," think "His Word." That is present tense stuff. Saying that His Word was spoken before the Son of Man was transfigured is likely, but his Word is dependent on the grammatical gender of he who speaks.
John 1:1-14
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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
I'd like to remind you of the category "grammatical gender". God's Name is always masculine and singular, definitely not "Jesus is named by His Word". That grammatical distinction is the masculine, singular "Son of Man" which is the word chosen by He for others by which to refer to himself.
Long ago I had a teacher who argued a point I find very valuable at times. I was told that when you find scripture and science in conflict, you are misunderstanding at least one of the two fields of knowledge, maybe both. Keep studying and learning, scripture, in at least some understandings, encourages such ongoing learning.
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Scientific inquiry can be elemental to reasoned understanding. I am not the authority on religious laws in a scientifically reasoned approach. I do not really use science in my daily life, but knowing about it could be very thought-provoking.
That Authority would be the Son of Man. He can say these things in a Manner that is already stable as a foundation on which to build
Hey Jeff,my names Dermot. I'm not a regular church goer either,but the answers I was given in the past when studying the word was that the earliest men and women of the bible where closer to perfection in that man was created to live forever before being corrupted by sin and having to die ,and there's arguments for that view in science hasn't unlocked the reason for aging, our cells regenerate steadfastly until they don't due to age and external factors but they can't work out why they stop regenerating but of course there's arguments against also.hope that gives some insight,keep the faith m8 for me it seems prophecies getting played out through media all day everyday.talk of peace and security but there will be none and people being divided,great wonders in the sky.but I'm guessing it's seemed to be like this for a long time .feels like prophetic times though because this way of living cant be sustained.peace and knowledge of the most high to you and your family.
Genesis 2:17
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17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
John 14:6
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6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Revelation 21:1-4
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21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
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17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
John 14:6
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6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Revelation 21:1-4
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21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for all, won't he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one -- for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us (Romans 8:31-34 NLT, Tyndale House)