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Jesus gives us a commandment which He calls a *new* commandment. What do you think is mew about it?

This is an update on my ways of thinking about Jesus and the Bible. They all revolve around the idea that the best life we can live is in service and obedience to the God of Jesus, learning together to live the way that He says to live. A person doesn’t need to understand it in those terms to...

Even if your question has been answered, I’m still curious to know what it was.

Going back to another topic between us, I’ve said before that I think that what Jesus wants most for us and the best life we can live is in service and obedience to Him, learning together to live the way He says to live. As I understood it then, you don’t agree with thinking of Jesus as a person...

Washing each other’s feet. And I have some new ideas about how to do that online. Except that I’m trying to pull away from online discussions.

Yeah, my theory is shattered, and it’s just as well. I was forgetting that no theory can capture or encompass what God says about Himself, His actions, and our relationships with Him. (later) I still feel that it’s just as important for people to be aware of the distinctions as to be aware of...

Today I realized that the word “God” in English translations of the Bible needs to be understood differently in different contexts, because it’s a translation of different words with different meanings in the original languages. With that understanding, I can agree more easily with saying that...

That might agree with some definitions and common usages of “manifestation,” but maybe not others.

“Elohim” and “Theos” can both refer to others besides YHWH, so Jesus approving Thomas calling Him “theos” doesn’t mean that Jesus is YHWH. In fact if Thomas had meant YHWH, he would have used the article or a qualifier that signifies YHWH. I’m saying that “theos was logos.” in John 1:1 is a...

In a few days.

I'm not talking about the word "God" in English. I'm talking about the words in the original languages that are translated into English as "God," which you seem to be evading, or else maybe you aren't as well informed about them as I thought.

All of the names applied to Jesus that are translate as "God" can be applied to others besides God. There are names that refer only to God, and they are never applied to Jesus. Again and again, when the three are named, it says "God the Father" and never "God the Son" or "God the Holy Spirit."...

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Do those other novels have the sage or prophet gathering a group of disciples and giving public talks and private lessons about how to live, with many examples of those lessons, and numerous allusions to scriptures? Is there evidence of a new way of life being practiced around their teachings...

I’ve been thinking about the Shekhina, and elohim, and theos, and the logos, and I have a new idea. When John says “theos was the logos,” maybe he’s explaining that the presence of God that the Jews call “elohim” is the same as what the Greeks call “the logos.”

I'm hoping that it's okay if I intrude here. I'm interested in your comments on some new thoughts that I've had about this. "Theos" does not always mean YHWH. There are terms that refer exclusively to YHWH, and they are never applied to Jesus. My understanding of "Son of God" applied to Jesus...

This looks to me like it's about the Shekhina.

To put it another way, in my understanding, if it isn’t understood as service and obedience to Him, inspired by seeing God in Him it’s missing the whole point of those names and titles.