Like yourself, the atheists also believe that the words of the Lord as spoken through his prophets, don't have to be true.
But I, have faith in the words of the Lord, and believe that his words as spoken through his chosen prophets are true.
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What I mean is they don't have to be true, for us to be able to believe them. We can use our faith.
Rom 4:17-18
17 (as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed-- God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."
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Squeaky wrote.........What I mean is they don't have to be true, for us to be able to believe them. We can use our faith.
S-words response............What Squeaky has said here, is that we don't have to believe that the words of the Lord as spoken through his prophets were true, we can use our faith to believe that those prophecies of the Lord, that may not necessarily be true, are in fact absolutely true.
Sorry Squeaky, I do not have the faith to believe that a untruth/a lie, is true. I believe that the words of the Lord, as spoken through his chosen prophets, are absolutely true.
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I believe they are absolutely true also. But I don't have any proof, and I don't need none. And even though the sceptics have evidence to the contrary makes no difference to me. God didn't ask me to prove or disprove. He only asked me to believe it true. And I do. Or I should say And I Can.
So you can and do believe that the words of the Lord as spoken through his prophets are true, and have now back peddled from your previous statement that they don't necessarily have to be true, for you to believe them.
You are not the bride.
Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Eph 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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We are going to be the guests at the wedding.
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lol Where in the world do you get back peddling? Read this verse real slow. God told Abraham things exist that don't exist. And because Abraham believed God he because the father of faith.
Rev 21:9-27
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God
Which is clearly not that famous city of Rome, wherein sits, HE who claims to be the shepherd of God's people, who the Lord had raised up after he had been paid his majestic wage of thirty pieces of silver, See Zechariah 11: 12-17.
There's certainly hope for you yet Squeaky.