[Zechariah Smyth]

Originally Posted by LolitaInbred

Grasping at straws much? I believe that was the stupidest interpretation I've ever heard. "Not of this world" means not on earth. Logically that means His kingdom is in Heaven. Come on, you can do better than that. It was funny, though.

He's not interpreting anything: he's trying to explain it to people who are soft in the head.



If you can't discuss things civilly I'm afraid you might be asked to leave.

[LolitaInbred]

You're all a bit soft in the head.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Originally Posted by LolitaInbred

You're all a bit soft in the head.

Well if worshiping God makes me "soft in the head," then I'm all for it. I don't know about you, but I'm putting my faith in something believable like talking snakes, a tower that was build high into the clouds, Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt, a global flood that wiped out all life, a river turning into blood, burning ice falling from the skies, a pillar of fire appearing out of nowhere to stop the Egyptians, Moses parting the Red Sea, a river bursting out of a rock, God flying around in a cloud ship and zapping the Isrealites with fire beams, talking donkeys, a sound of trumpets crumbling the walls fo Jericho, the day and night cycle stopping at Joshua's command, Samson's super human strength and his 1 vs 1000 victory over armed and armored soldiers using nothing but a donkey's jawbone, Saul speaking with Samuels ghost, Solomon's 1000 mates, God & Isrealite killing a 1 million strong cushite army, Jesus walking on water, Jesus raising the dead, Jesus turning water to wine, Jesus feeding 5000 people with 5 loafs of bread and 2 fish, the earth quaking when Jesus died and zombies walking the streets and Jesus rising from the dead and flying to Heaven. Shout GLORY!

[BaptistBethany]

Originally Posted by Pastor Ezekiel

Well if worshiping God makes me "soft in the head," then I'm all for it. I don't know about you, but I'm putting my faith in something believable like talking snakes, a tower that was build high into the clouds, Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt, a global flood that wiped out all life, a river turning into blood, burning ice falling from the skies, a pillar of fire appearing out of nowhere to stop the Egyptians, Moses parting the Red Sea, a river bursting out of a rock, God flying around in a cloud ship and zapping the Isrealites with fire beams, talking donkeys, a sound of trumpets crumbling the walls fo Jericho, the day and night cycle stopping at Joshua's command, Samson's super human strength and his 1 vs 1000 victory over armed and armored soldiers using nothing but a donkey's jawbone, Saul speaking with Samuels ghost, Solomon's 1000 mates, God & Isrealite killing a 1 million strong cushite army, Jesus walking on water, Jesus raising the dead, Jesus turning water to wine, Jesus feeding 5000 people with 5 loafs of bread and 2 fish, the earth quaking when Jesus died and zombies walking the streets and Jesus rising from the dead and flying to Heaven. Shout GLORY!

Amen to that, Pastor Ezekiel! Why do so many people find all this hard to believe? Oh yes, I know the answer! Satan has them blinded.

2 Corinthians 4:3 & 4
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

[Basilissa]

Originally Posted by BaptistBethany

Amen to that, Pastor Ezekiel! Why do so many people find all this hard to believe? Oh yes, I know the answer! Satan has them blinded.

2 Corinthians 4:3 & 4
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Err, my dear, please don't make your own interpretations (2 Peter 1:20). This verse does not say anything about Satan. It simply says that God makes some people blind. Don't fall for any gnostic interpretations of variable capitalization rules in some parts of the Bible - there is no other god but God (Mark 12:29-32).

Therefore, it is always God who blinds and misleads people:

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.

Ezekiel 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 20:25-26:
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12:
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

[BaptistBethany]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

Err, my dear, please don't make your own interpretations (2 Peter 1:20). This verse does not say anything about Satan. It simply says that God makes some people blind. Don't fall for any gnostic interpretations of variable capitalization rules in some parts of the Bible - there is no other god but God (Mark 12:29-32).

Therefore, it is always God who blinds and misleads people:

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.

Ezekiel 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 20:25-26:
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12:
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Dear Basilissa, Thank you for correcting me! That is why I am here, to learn from the True Christians of Landover Baptist! Obviously I still have much to learn. I am heading to my prayer closet now - to ask the Lord to forgive me for incorrectly interpreting his Holy Word. Thank you again for setting me on the right path!