Statement of belief

@divegeester said
“Various” means more than one.
“Other” means means more than just those listed, a dove for example.

@secondson said
Perhaps you misunderstood the question. I know what the words "various" and "other" mean.

@secondson said
What other and various manifestations of God are you referring to?

@secondson said
We know and apparently agree that God became a man, although I can swear I heard you say in time past that Jesus wasn't God, that you didn't believe in the incarnation, but what I'm after is, from your point of view and based on the statement you made in your OP, what manifestations did God assume other than His incarnation as Jesus?

@divegeester

You've charge me with plagiarism. Now I ask you to acknowledge where you copied that statement of faith if you did not originally make up every sentence of it.

Did you copy and paste it from somewhere?
Why not indicate from whom you used that statement of faith?

And let me tell you something else. I am not eager to disagree with you for disagreement's sake.
And this is the age of the Internet. I know ANY group of people you link to will probably have a grumbling of complaint from SOMEBODY on the Internet.

I do not believe everything automatically put up in cyberspace.
That is why I told you that I do not expect a perfect utopian congregation with no one bad mouthing you all on the Internet. That might be impossible.

So you still can say "I met here. And here is their Statement of Faith."

I will acknowledge that you finally proactively made a statement, RATHER than just take pot shots at what others teach here.

I still would like to see you have the courage to show you associated practically with others.

As to your favorite paragraph from that book Beliefs and Practices of the Local Churches I agree with all that is written there. My understanding of what is meant may be different from yours. The common faith is more often something believers grow into. So I take this to mean that.

”In order to be saved, one must have a living faith in the Person and work of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Every genuinely saved one has what the Bible calls the “common faith” (Titus 1:4), which includes what we must believe in order to be saved: we must believe that the Bible is the complete divine revelation wholly inspired by God; that there is a unique Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit; that Jesus Christ is the Son of God incarnated to be a man; that Christ died on the cross for our sins, shedding His blood for our redemption; that on the third day He was bodily raised from the dead; that He has been exalted to the right hand of God and made the Lord of all; and that He is coming again for His own and to set up His kingdom on earth.”

"[God] who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:4)

In order to be saved, one must have a living faith in the Person and work of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Every genuinely saved one has what the Bible calls the “common faith” (Titus 1:4), ... etc. etc.

Eternal salvation is by grace through faith, not by our works.

In order to be saved, [/b]one must have a living contact with Jesus Christ. [/b] Therefore, in bringing unbelievers to salvation, we emphasize prayer and calling on the name of the Lord. According to Romans 10:9 and 10, if a man is to be saved, he must believe in his heart and confess with his mouth.

Sorry. Neither paragraph says -

In order to be saved, one must be believing and conversant on the doctrine of the Trinity.

In order to be saved, one must have a living contact with Jesus Christ.

Therefore, in bringing unbelievers to salvation, we emphasize prayer and calling on the name of the Lord. According to Romans 10:9 and 10, if a man is to be saved, he must believe in his heart and confess with his mouth.

@sonship said
@divegeester

You've charge me with plagiarism. Now I ask you to acknowledge where you copied that statement of faith if you did not originally make up every sentence of it.

Did you copy and paste it from somewhere?
Why not indicate from whom you used that statement of faith?

And let me tell you something else. I am not eager to disagree with you for disagreemen ...[text shortened]...

I still would like to see you have the courage to show you associated practically with others.

@sonship said
Sorry. Neither paragraph says -

In order to be saved, one must be believing and conversant on the doctrine of the Trinity.

I think it is pretty obvious that to believe in Romans 10:9 one has to have seen that TO God one goes WITH or THROUGH or BY Jesus Christ. I think intuitively probably all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus have some sense t ...[text shortened]... met with.
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@divegeester

I wrote it myself.

NEXT!

@divegeester

Be sure to let me know when you are ready to answer the question in the OP.

@sonship said
@divegeester

Be sure to let me know when you are ready to answer the question in the OP.

Oh, I can understand your desire to quickly divert attention away from your error that the Son of God is not eternal.

I understand that you'd prefer to quickly gloss over and ignore that heresy.

@sonship said
@divegeester
Okay NEXT is you can see that it was far from perfect.

So Divegeester doesn't believe the Son of God is Eternal.
And he hates hell.

Anyone think there is a connection?

But in Isaiah 9:6 the son given is to be called "Eternal Father" .

It doesn't say the Son given will be called Temporary Father.

"For a child is born to us, A son is given to us; ... And His name will be called ... Mighty God, Eternal Father ..."

@divegeester

Lol, just let me know, thanks.