(July 12, 2018 at 4:45 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(July 12, 2018 at 4:25 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Let;s take a speific example. The feeding of the multitudes. I'll quote the texts below. I;ve arranged them in chronological order.
Now...lay aside the mundane details of the story for a moment. What is it about? What is the theological message of the story? Is that message important?
I don't know about a theological message, but it is reporting a miracle by Jesus. That people saw the sign, and believed that he was God. Jesus often pointed people to the signs and what he had done, what they had seen.
Quote:John 5:36http://coldcasechristianity.com/2017/jes...ase-maker/
But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 10:25
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.”
John 10:37–38
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.
John 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Acts 1:2–3
… until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.
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Apparently, I have the gift of prophecy.
Quote:You have a compelling need to exclaim "its twoo, it;s twoo, it;s twoo" in every possible variation of the phrase....and that means that you'll never actually get around to discussing the mythicist position. That the character of christ found in the NT was constructed specifically as a vehicle for theology.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
