And THAT IS the gospel of the kingdom, none other. Bravo!:

"...Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? [Jesus] said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And [Jesus] said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. (Luke 10:25-28)

kb - it is your right to believe anything you want to concerning why Jesus willingly laid down His life and shed His blood.


You asked if I had any common sense and then you added "Would I not forgive the sin of my neighbor until I have killed my Son?”

It looks like you are trying to compare night with day as usual so I would say your question shows that you are the one that is not using common sense.

I am a sinner just like you are and my son is not perfect as Jesus was so neither me or my son quality to die for the sins of anyone.

You might as well move on to someone else because we have conflicting opinions concerning what is true or not therefore we are in a stalemate

Good Luck

Well thank you kb. And may I ask what reward or punishment do you think I should receive for believing Jesus loved mankind enough that He would die for us?

Or do you think there is no way that Jesus would have that much love for sinners like me and you?

By the way - Jesus did not die just for a neighbor but so All of mankind would have a way (thru His shed blood) for our sins to be forgiven.

And furch - as I have made it very clear that since the Urantia Book is denying something that I think is important as Jesus shedding His blood for the remission of our sins then that alone is enough reason for me not to waste my time reading such a book

I wish I was there when Jesus was here & teaching us how to be good to one another & love one another. I wished I was one of his followers....then I'll be asking questions & listen to what he have teach us & be faithful.
It's sad that we weren't ready for him then. If I could've carried his cross I would, if I could've died for him I would. I know that's how Mary felt...as a mother watching your own son sacrificing his life for others because he loved everyone... it's a heart breaking. Hopefully next time we'll be ready so he doesn't die again. Hopefully we will be ready next time.
Only thing we can do now is to read, learn his words & try to live like him. Even though we are trying to be faithful to God & Jesus we are going to make mistakes because we are not perfect, we are just a human. I know what you are saying, God is not a killer. Our heavenly father & Jesus loves us and they'll guide us & teach us to do the right thing. Jesus said love one another & do not judge & that's how I try to live my life as....& more.... We need to obey our God & Jesus' words and follow them.

In God's eyes there are no degenerate strains of peoples.

There are sinners, but God is always happy to forgive the repentant sinner.

Well furch - It all boils down to everyone has his or her own opinion about any given subject and sometimes that opinion is when something is taken out of context.
You quote (John 18:37) but what you believe it is referring to may be different from what someone else believes.

The commentary below for (John 18:33 thru 40) is from. . .

http://htmlbible.com/kjv30/henry/index.htm

Verse 33-40 - Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered this question with another; not for evasion, but that Pilate might consider what he did. He never took upon him any earthly power, never were any traitorous principles or practices laid to him. Christ gave an account of the nature of his kingdom. Its nature is not worldly; it is a kingdom within men, set up in their hearts and consciences; its riches spiritual, its power spiritual, and it glory within. Its supports are not worldly; its weapons are spiritual; it needed not, nor used, force to maintain and advance it, nor opposed any kingdom but that of sin and Satan. Its object and design are not worldly. When Christ said, I am the Truth, he said, in effect, I am a King. He conquers by the convincing evidence of truth; he rules by the commanding power of truth. The subjects of this kingdom are those that are of the truth. Pilate put a good question, he said, What is truth? When we search the Scriptures, and attend the ministry of the word, it must be with this inquiry, What is truth? and with this prayer, Lead me in thy truth; into all truth. But many put this question, who have not patience to preserve in their search after truth; or not humility enough to receive it. By this solemn declaration of Christ's innocence, it appears, that though the Lord Jesus was treated as the worst of evil-doers, he never deserved such treatment. But it unfolds the design of his death; that he died as a Sacrifice for our sins. Pilate was willing to please all sides; and was governed more by worldly wisdom than by the rules of justice. Sin is a robber, yet is foolishly chosen by many rather than Christ, who would truly enrich us. Let us endeavour to make our accusers ashamed as Christ did; and let us beware of crucifying Christ afresh.

Not at all and certainly not that you know of. Just because that's you doesn't mean it's me. I am making a big effort to let the Spirit of Truth guide me into all truth. Can you say the same? Or is it more like this:

Slow: Thank you Jesus for sending the Spirit of Truth. That was very thoughtful of you and I know you meant well, but I prefer to get my opinions from Matthew Henry's commentary, and other human sources, mere men who agree with my already settled ideas which I also got from mere men. So no, Jesus, I won't be getting any of my opinions from the Spirit of Truth. And if you want to know the truth, Jesus, I suggest you read Matthew Henry's commentary too.

And...

Ludlow: Thank you Jesus for sending the Spirit of Truth. That was very thoughtful of you and I know you mean well, but I prefer to get my opinions from from the Catholic church and the infallible pope, and their opinions already agree with my opinions which I got from them in the first place. So no, Jesus, I won't be getting any of my opinions from the Spirit of Truth. And don't forget, Jesus, as I told you before, and you can tell this to the Spirit of Truth as well, "the Bible was put together by the Catholic Church in the first place, and that II Peter 1:20 forbids private interpretation of scripture, and that I Timothy 3:15 teaches that it is the Church, not the Bible, that is the pillar and ground of truth." ""The Catholic Church, [is] the sole authentic interpreter of scripture."

                                                                               

Not at all and certainly not that you know of. Just because that's you doesn't mean it's me. I am making a big effort to let the Spirit of Truth guide me into all truth. Can you say the same? Or is it more like this:

Slow: Thank you Jesus for sending the Spirit of Truth. That was very thoughtful of you and I know you meant well, but I prefer to get my opinions from Matthew Henry's commentary, and other human sources, mere men who agree with my already settled ideas which I also got from mere men. So no, Jesus, I won't be getting any of my opinions from the Spirit of Truth. And if you want to know the truth, Jesus, I suggest you read Matthew Henry's commentary too.

That's a bald faced LIE. If it was the truth why haven't you truthfully answered the 5 questions I asked you?

Nobody on here has to answer anyone else's questions. This is a computer forum, not a grand jury.

So how is it that anyone who has put this urantia book together could know anything about Jesus.

Or is that some kind of secret?

furch - perhaps the term word of God might not be the proper choice of words but anyway I am not aware of anyone that is claiming that Isa 36:12 is something that was spoken by God Himself.

When someone uses the term word of God then it should be obvious that they are not necessarily implying that God Himself said this or that. But that they are only referring to something that has been recorded in the Bible (whether it be good or evil) that someone has said or done.

Why would God not want us to know the straight forward truth of what some evil individual has said or done? If you or I are telling the truth about what some evil individuals has done then that does not mean we are somehow indicating that we believe they were doing the right thing.

We can prove that there is a God because the orderly universe had to have had a Creator and First Cause, and because inanimate objects are incapable of going into motion without an outside force causing them to go into motion.

We can prove that Jesus was God's Son because Jesus backed up His claim to divinity with many miracles, and even more so by the holiness of His life. We can prove that the Catholic Church that Jesus founded has infallible teaching authority because Jesus promised to stay with it until the end of time. And we can prove that the Bible is inerrant on matters of faith and morals because the above-mentioned Church guarantees that it is. That's how we prove that the Bible is the word of God.

You could say that the Bible has a pedigree. The Koran, the Urantia Book, the Talmud, the Book of Mormon, and the like do not have pedigrees. They are all man-written, man-made pretenders.

FJO, I'll clue you in. There is no Santa Claus. There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. And William S. Sadler wrote the Urantia Book.

Oh, how angry the false religionists become, when a Catholic tells the truth.

The three concentric circles of the symbol represent the Paradise Trinity, Ludlow. It appears you are going to the grave a corrupt unteachable smart ass

We will get a chance to be with Him, and learn from Him, during the Millennium.

Imagine, 1000 years with Jesus.

Who Are You?

Are you a true Christian?
Are you a false Christian?

A pseudo-Christian or a "Bible-ist"?

I've noticed being around DH for little over a year and of course & out side of DH, living in a real life I met so many people called themselves true Christians but they don't act like Christians.
I think I met more pseudo-Christians and Bible-ist....
or they say they are Christians but they are confused. They don't know how they should live like Christians because they are stuck in past or worrying about what others think about them being Christians.
What do you think?

There is a class of beings on earth called "midwayers." They are generally unknown to humans. If you read Papers 74-77 in the book you'll find out about them. it's about 35 pages and perhaps the strangest 35 pages in the book, a good read actually, proving Mark Twain's old adage. ("Truth is stranger than fiction.")

Anyway, there are 1,111 loyal midwayers on earth and they have been here for 35,000 years or so. They are invisible and eternal. They are the second generation offspring of a pure line descendant of Adam and Eve with a pure line descendant of the Nephilim (or Nodites as The Urantia Book calls them),