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by LonnieOwesn1973 » Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:15 am
and to me, just the way I see it, when a person says something and claims it to be true but yet refuses to give a reason why they believe it to be true, shows me that they don't believe it to be true or are unwilling to share for fear of more questions..
Questions are a how we learn and grow as people and as Christians... So when asked a question it is respectful to give how you came to your conclusion...
now when I ask for the scripture that Jesus states he is God, that is a direct question because there is no such scripture, Now there are several scriptures where people believe he alluded to it and in fact there is one scripture where the jews picked up stones and he asked why they were gonna stone him and they replyed because they thought he was making himself out to be God. John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
this would be the time where Jesus would have made such a statement... he didn't even allude to it...
but I am willing to explore evryones views because that is the Christian thing to do... James , the Brother of Christ, said James 5:19,20 19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know that [a]he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
in order to turn someone from the errors of there ways and bring them back to the truth you have to give them reason for why they are wrong by explaining how you believe they have strayed and give your interpretation to any scripture you present to show them...
you cannot change anyone's mind, but you can give them the information and plant the seed and it is up to them to decide based on your views and interpretations...Plant the seed and it will either grow or it wont...
The parable of the Sower by Christ... Mark 4:1-9
1 He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, 3 “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 6 And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” 9 And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, [a]let him hear.”
The explanation Makr 4:13-20 "13 And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. 16 In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; 17 and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they [c]fall away. 18 And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, 19 but the worries of the [d]world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
the explanation Jesus gave was solid...
even the disciples were confused because they asked him questions about what he meant...
So when someone is trying to learn and they do not understand they ask questions so don't get offended or frustrated when you are asked question please.. and this goes to all who are reading not just a single person.
