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Now I’m thinking that if the kingdom of God is accessible in a Christian context today, it might be in connection with study circles using spiritual growth materials from Christian bookstores.

I said this in another thread, but I think it belongs here too: In my understanding, calling Jesus "Lord," "Master," "Savior," "God" and "Son of God," is nothing but empty words, and not at all the gift of faith that comes by grace, if it doesn't mean service and obedience to Him, inspired by...

In my understanding, calling Him "Lord," "Master," "God" and "Son of God," is nothing but empty words, and not at all the faith that comes by grace, if it doesn't mean service and obedience to Him, inspired by seeing God in Him.

I'll add to what I said above, that I think that Jesus offered Himself as a final sacrifice, to replace temple sacrifices. In my understanding, calling Jesus "Son of God" means a promised king of Israel, and calling Him "Son of Man" means the presence of God in the form of a person, the...

I see that I pointed you to another thread that I had started, but that might not have directly answered your question. I think that if anyone really wants to understand me, that will never happen by trying to associate me with some group or category of people. I've never seen or heard of anyone...

Faith without works is dead. "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"

Okay, thanks. I’ll be trying to pull away from online discussions, but I’ll watch for your question because I’m really curious about it.

I hope that you’ll excuse the intrusion. As I understand it now, “theos” is sometimes used for other divine beings besides YHJH. So Jesus being called “theos” is not in itself equating Him with YHJH. There are terms that do refer exclusively to YHJH, and they are never applied to Jesus.

Thank you. Is there any connection between that Jesus and the one in the gospels?

The only thing that might make me a Christian is that I see Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others, by the will of God, and I see Him calling us to learn together to live the way He says to live, but that doesn't seem to be part of anyone else's definition of "Christian."

I'm thinking that maybe what I've said about not being a Christian, and other things that I've said in my posts, might have created a false impression about how I feel about Christians and Christianity. It might look like I feel more critical of them, or more alienated from them, than I do. I...

I think that I need to clarify my question. Do you think that church tradition, councils or some other sources have been inspired by God to teach people things that they need to know from God, that they can't learn from reading the Bible?

My AI admits it, gives examples of it, parodies it, then continues doing it. I wouldn't call it lying. It's making up stuff that it thinks I want to hear, without doing any critical thinking or fact-checking. It isn't saying things that it knows are not true. It just doesn't know or care if what...

I have some new thoughts about this. I hadn't really though it through very much before. I think that what Jesus would most want people to know about Him today is that the best life we can live is in service and obedience to Him and learning together to live the way He says to live. What I...

Just now I posted in my intro thread that I don't think that the Bible is the only way for people to learn to serve and obey Jesus and to live the way He says to live. Then I decided to start a thread to post an example. Another way, which I think might be better for most people, is in small...

People might need or want to know that I don't think that the Bible is the only way to know how to serve and obey Jesus and learn to live the way He says to live, but it's the only way that I want to post about in these forums.

I think that He taught that: - He was the king that God promised to raise up from the line of David. - He was the suffering servant in Isaiah. - He was the presence of God in human form.

I don't really know why it matters to me what He teaches in the gospels. I have an intense interest in what the Bible says about questions that Christians debate about with each other and with others, but I'm not sure why.

I'm not sure, but I'm thinking that maybe some people thought that I was here to argue against some Christian beliefs, or to Criticize Christians or Christianity. That isn't what I'm here for, and I'm trying now to strictly avoid saying anything critical about Christians or Christianity. Trying...

My thoughts about this are not well organized. Some random thoughts: 1. What Jesus would want people to know most of all is that the best life we can live is in service and obedience to Him, learning together to live the way He says to live. 2. Something that came together for me today, after...