Posted on 11/18/2018 4:03:31 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
AMEN!
God is good, all the time!
Because the New Testament was written by the eyewitnesses of the events, the teachings of Jesus, the witness of the Prophets of the Lord, the witnesses that SAW the risen Christ, the witnesses that were empowered by the indwelling Holy Spirit, the witnesses that wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit to write of the things they saw with their own eyes and experienced in their own lives and, if the events had not happened, would have been disputed by others if they were all invented fantasies. The witnesses that were willing to die horrible martyrdom for the undeniable truth. People die for lies - but NO ONE dies for what they KNOW is a lie.
Don't let your cynicism and sarcasm keep you from knowing that same truth.
>>>People die for lies - but NO ONE dies for what they KNOW is a lie.<<<
Amen to that!
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18).
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).
The Copts aren’t Arians anymore than the Greeks or Romans are, so evidently they don’t agree with your reading either.
That’s now and due to a sociopath named Athanasius, who had every “Arian” bishop who stood in his way to the office of Bishop of Alexandria murdered in various ways. It appears he also had Arius himself murderd on the eve of that ones vindication because he considered him a rival to the office he wanted.
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