The final thing I guess I would say on this matter is what does it matterThen why would we believe anything in the bible if it doesn't matter. Don't know about you, but I believe more like a Baptist than like a Catholic, Church of Christ, or the various cults that think they are saved like the Jew.
You know it is very hard to follow your posts when you comment on something that I say, but you don't include everything in context and then you make me go back and have to search out why I said what I said.
Anywho trying to determine whether John and Paul preached the same gospel is not the same thing as differing between Catholic and Church of Christ doctrine. At least in my mind. Now if you find it to be the same then so be it. I don't see your point and I definitely don't think it is supported by Scripture, especially in the case of John. Now the other apostles I could see your point, but not with John, just based on how long he lived.
Just tit for tat, you know.
Really. Please show me one quote where I have insulted you. I have never told you that you are incapable of proving anything with Scripture, which is what you said to me. I have said many times that the Scripture you are using doesn't prove your point, but that is totally differnt than calling you inept and uncapable.
Another thing. If I did insult you as you say, why wouldn't you just PM me and let me know what I said that was insulting and give me an opportunity to make things right instead of trying to make two wrongs into a right?
Just show me where I said something insulting in public and I publicly apologize, but throwing mud, because someone else did doesn't make mud slinging okay.
if we believe the bible His wife (Israel) has made herself ready
So now Christ is a polygamist? And here the Mormons were actually right on this one...I don't think so. Israel is the bride of the Father. You can see this throughout the OT. Overcoming, faithful Christians will be married to Christ in the future.
I have never said otherwise, as I see Israel is the Bride in prophecy. Today He is the Head, and we the Church make up Body, "like" in marriage. The Lamb came for His lost sheep, and that is Israel.
Now you are contradicting yourself. First you say the church IS married to Christ, and now you are saying that the church is His body LIKE marriage.
Which is it? Is the church married to Christ or just His body?