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3    (AV)       All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

3    (YLT)     all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

3    (IGNT)    παντα δι αυτου εγενετο και χωρις αυτου εγενετο ουδε εν ο γεγονεν

     All through Him came to be (became; egeneto) and apart from him (autou) became (came to be) not yet (even) one which has come to be.

Every thing came to be through Him. Apart from Him, no thing would exist, had He not brought it into being.

Anything that came to be, did not exist prior to being brought into being...

1    (AV)       In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1    (YLT)     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

1    (IGNT)    εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος

In beginning was the Word and the Word was unto/to/with/for/among (pros) the God and God was The Word.

“The Word” existed in the beginning. If The Word existed in the beginning, it had to pre-exist the beginning, or it would have had to come into being “in the beginning”. Rather, it “was” in the beginning.

“The Word” existed unto God. In the beginning. The Word did not begin to be with God, but was unto God “in the beginning”...

Mark 12:1-12

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

The paraplegic could not walk; he could use neither his arms nor his legs. He had never run and played with the other children, nor climbed a hill. He could not dress or feed himself. Others must toilet and clean him, cut his nails and beard, and brush his hair. He was wholly dependent upon the charitable efforts of others, their availability and willingness to help him, for even the most basic and personal of tasks.

Those four friends worked hard to get their friend to Jesus to be healed. The house was so full that no room remained by the door; there was no way for them to bring him in to see Jesus. No regular way.

Mark says that they “… uncovered the roof where He was, and when they had broken up, they let down the bed in which the paraplegic lay...

1          (AV) And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

1      (YLT) And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, ‘Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters,

1          (IGNT) και ηλθεν εις εκ των επτα αγγελων των εχοντων τας επτα φιαλας και ελαλησεν μετ εμου λεγων μοι δευρο δειξω σοι το κριμα της πορνης της μεγαλης της καθημενης επι των υδατων των πολλων...

He who argues against a good and loving almighty God because He has not destroyed the wicked, does not understand Who God is or what he has demanded of Him.

God exercised perfect judgement before the foundation of the world, condemning all unbelief and disobedience as sin, and sentencing all sin with death. All men from the beginning of time until its end are judged by His judgement, and by His judgement all are found guilty and under sentence of death. Were God to execute His justice upon men right away, all men would perish.

Rather, God’s executed judgment resides upon His Son and man’s sentencing is delayed.

God has appointed a Day of Judgement, on which all men shall be subject to judgement and sentencing...

Study Question:      Why is the God of the OT so different from the “message of Jesus” in the New?

“Why is the God of the OT so different than Jesus’ message in the NT? Is Jesus’ father the God of the OT? With all the revenge and blood sacrifice stuff?”

What is the main premise?

The God of the Old Testament is different from Jesus’ message in the New Testament.

What is the conflict driving the premise?

That the God of the Old Testament is guilty of revenge and requiring of blood sacrifice, which are implied to be unrighteous in some manner.

What questions must be answered in order to answer the question above?

1. Is God in the Old Testament different from Jesus’ message in the New?
2. Who is God and what is God’s nature...

Luke 15:11-32 The parable of the father with two sons, the younger of whom squandered his inheritance and returned in humiliation to his father, begging forgiveness and mercy to return as a servant, thereby escaping certain destruction (he was starving.)

First of all, the younger son chose to leave the father; he was not sent or driven away, nor did his father intend him to go. He demanded his portion of the inheritance before his father died; the father did not offer it to him, nor suggest that he could take it and take his leave. Once gone, the son’s “riotous living” was his own choice; nothing compelled him nor did Jesus give any indication that any motivating influence came from the man’s father to cause him to sin...

The gospel – good news – of salvation is that Christ took your sins upon Himself when He went to the cross. He died the death in your place, effectively serving your sentence for your sins. He rose from death on the 3rd day, as recorded in Old & New Testaments, bringing resurrection and eternal life to all who will believe on Him.

When we stand in judgment at the end of our lives, whether by death or the rapture, we will first be judged according to our response to Jesus Christ. If we trusted Him for our salvation, we wear His righteousness before the throne of judgment; we are freed from the penalty for our wrongs because He served it on our behalf. He is described as our advocate; He both defends us and serves our sentence.

If we have refused Him during our earthly life, we will s...

LOGICAL FALLACIES

2 main types: fallacies of distraction           fallacies of form

Fallacies of Distraction:

Ipse dixit:        “he said it himself”. Appeal to authority.  – Citing a source or person because they have some aspect of authority (education, position, etc) which has no bearing on their ability to speak to the issue at hand.

Ad populum:      “bandwagon” appeal to popular opinion or practice. Numbers do not make something right or wrong.

Ad baculum:        “to the stick” concede or suffer – Appealing to someone’s fear or vulnerability to influence their position.

Ad hominem:      “to the man” personal attack – Criticize the messenger instead of evaluating the message on its own merits...

Faith is not based on ‘facts’, but faith is in facts because of our faith in the Person who spoke those facts.

We can have faith before we know ‘all the facts’, but many believe they have facts that refute our faith, accusing us of having faith despite or contrary to the facts. These people need to see that facts support faith. We have not chosen faith over reason, but rather our faith is also reasonable. Reason supports faith:

2 Peter 1:16-18: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased...