Myth of Jesus, page-425

Thanks @wotsup


Q1
To you,
Is the Father, God?
Is the Son, God?
Is the Holy Spirit, God?



Q2
What is your 'Statement of Faith' ?

Here is mine, adopted from FICM's:

The Bible is the inspired, infallible, and only authoritative word of God.
(2 Timothy 3:16,17; John 17:17; Matthew 5:18)


There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
(Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Peter 1:4; John 10:27-30; Acts 5:3,4)


Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
(John 1:1-4; Matthew 1:21-23; Philippians 2:5-11)


etc

Statement of Faith

Who I Am in Christ

How To Receive Christ


https://ficm.org/about-us/


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Tri-une God
(God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit)
in the Great Commission


Matthew 28:16-20, Amplified Bible (AMP)
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The Great Commission

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¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.

¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].

¹⁸ Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

²⁰ teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”


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General resources:

Any help to anyone here?
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Comparison Grid of Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christianity



by Matt Slick

I hesitate to put this grid up only because I do not want to needlessly assail the Catholic belief system in an offensive manner. However, I cannot help seeing the similarities between Catholicism and some of the cults.

Do I think Catholicism is a cult?
No. But I do think it has some very serious theological problems bordering on apostasy imposed upon itself through its history of letting traditions seep into the fabric of biblical truth.


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	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
1	Issue	Catholicism	Mormonism	Jehovah's Witnesses	Christianity
2	Specific ChurchLeader on earth[/B]	ThePope	TheProphet	Watchtower Organization	none(except, of course, Jesus)
3	Source of Theology	Bible and Tradition	Bible and additional Scripture	Bible and Watchtower Organization	Bible
4	Sample of non-biblical teachings	Purgatory, Penance, Indulgences, praying to Mary,her assumption.	Many gods, god from another world, goddess mother, you can become a god.	Jesus is Michael the Archangel. No blood transfusions, no hell, 144,000 go to heaven	If it isn't taught here, I don't believe it.
5	Method of Salvation	Faith, grace, baptism, works	Faith, grace, baptism, works	Faith, grace, baptism, works	Grace through Faith
6	TrueChurch	Their church organization is one true church.	Their church organization is one true church.	Their church organization is one true church.	All who are saved by grace through faith are in the true church.
7	Claim of Authority	Apostolic Succession	Apostolic Succession	Being the faithful servant	In Jesus alone
8	Assets	Great Wealth and Power	Great Wealth and Power	Wealth, not much power	Treasures in heaven
9	Goddess-like figure	Mary has godlike abilities: able to hear and answer all prayers of all people all the time, intercede with God.	Goddess Mother who has populated this world with spirits who inhabit human bodies	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
10	Images of God, or Jesus, or Mary, etc.	Used in worship in churches	Used intemples and headquarters	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

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There are many good things in the Catholic Church, but I find it disturbing to see the similarities between itself and the cults--regarding a final earthly authority, non-biblical teachings, claims to be the one true church, exaltation of Mary to semi-goddesshood, the use of images, and adding works to salvation.

The Catholics, of course, will complain that this chart is not fair or does not focus on the dissimilarities. Well, they are right in that it does not focus on the dissimilarities which are many.
But that isn't the point of this comparison, is it?

The Protestant Reformation happened for a reason:

to get back to biblical theology and to be rid of extra-biblical teaching. The counter-cult movement has happened for a reason--to get back to biblical theology and to be rid of extra-biblical teaching.
Eternity is a long time to be wrong..."




Related Articles

• Are Roman Catholicism and Christianity the same thing?
• A list of false teachings in the Roman Catholic Church
• Is Catholicism a true or false religion?
• Out of Catholicism and into Christ--Jane's Story

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Jehovah Witness

Issues and Answers

• Responding to the Jehovah’s Witness attacks on the deity of Christ
• Responding to the Jehovah's Witness attacks on the Bible
• A Biblical Response to Jehovah's Witnesses
• The Lord's Supper and the 144,000 Anointed Class of Jehovah's Witnesses
• A.D. 1914, 607 B.C., 586 B.C. and the Jehovah's Witnesses
• Did Jesus become king in 1914?
• Why A.D. 1914 is Important to the Jehovah's Witnesses

etc

https://carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses


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Mormonism

Mormon Writings and Church

• The Book of Abraham Papyri and Joseph Smith
• The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible and his false claim to prophethood
• Mormon Church Statistics
• Mormon Church Structure
• Must there always be twelve living apostles in the church?

Issues and Answers

• Questions for Mormons
• Priesthood Authority and Mormonism
• The gospel according to Mormonism
• Does Mormonism Attack Other Religions? Yes.

etc

https://carm.org/mormonism


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Shalom to all!
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