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In article <984B9174-B6A4-C1C9-FCEB-0E17D354649D@srcbs.org>,
Sarah Kanary says...

>"dell12345" wrote in message
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>Jesus is rightly called God (in the sense of Mighty God, >
>not Almighty God) and only-begotten god (John 1:18).

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>> In this same chapter (20:17) Jesus said: "I am ascending
>> to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God."


>> The illustration is still valid, human judges at Bible
>> times are called "gods". See Psalms 82.

>Right on!

So: you are taking the role of JW cheerleader now?

> The apostle John, as all Jews, worshiped Jehovah
>ONLY.

Of course. But since, as you even admit yourself, Jesus
Christ is the PERFECT image of the Father, all worship to
Jesus CHrist is reflected PERFECTLY to the Father.

What did you THINK "perfect image" meant?

> John also recorded the prayer of Jesus Christ. The idea
>of Jehovah bowing His head in prayer would be preposterous.

No, it is not. Or, if it is, it is no more 'preposterous'
than the many other things Christ did that shocked the Jews.

> To whom, then, would Jesus, a Jew, be praying? To the
>only God a Jew could pray without being stoned to death:
>Jehovah! In his prayer to Jehovah, Jesus addressed Him as
>"the *only* true God."

And this is exactly what He did. He prayed, acting in
accordance with His human nature, to the one true God.

>An interesting note on Isaiah 9:6: The LXX, used by
>first-century Christians, did not say "the mighty God", but
>instead, said "megales boules angelos" meaning 'ANGEL of
>Mighty Counsel.'


No, it means MESSENGER of mighty counsel.

Besides: that SAME LXX says we were saved not by an angel,
not by an ambassador, but by God himself. But you insist
that our savior is really an Archangel. See Isa 63:9.


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Subducat se sibi ut haereat Deo
quidquid boni habet, tribuat illi a quo factus est.
(St. Augustine, Ser. 96)


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Bart Goddard wrote:
> gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>
>>Faith is not a "good work."
>
>
> You need a verb. The statement better reads
> "Having faith is not a good work". Then we
> all want to know: Is it, then, a bad work?
>
> Bart

Since God says that faith is not a work, I take this
to mean