Baptists

everything will be "EXTRA" too.

If he had an affair, that is sin, as it is adultery (as it is one of the Ten Commandments of Moses in Exodus), and he should step down graciously, so as not to desecrate the holy nature of the church nor defame the pastor's position, as well as try to salvage his integrity and the remnants of his good name.

If he stays pastor, the chances of him having a truly Godly congregation that looks and listens to him as they did before they knew as slim to nil.

If a pastor has an affair, it is unbelievably rare for it to be just a slip up, as it is far too often the proverbial tip of the iceberg, or the tab to the can of worms.

Whether he is pastor of a large or small congregation is irrelevant, as it is the sin itself that is considered here. The leaders of the congregation would be justified in expecting him to leave the position as he has disqualified himself from office and the damage is done. That is quite separate, though, to the possibility of him repenting and being forgiven for those sins and restored to fellowship in the future. This does not mean he would be eligible for the ministry again as some of the other requirements for office would be difficult for him to meet.

In the present generation, many are confused about the Christian concept of Triune God because mathematically this is impossible. However, in the Bible we find many references which justify the fact that even though God is one, He manifests Himself as a Trinity. The teaching of the Bible concerning the Trinity might be summarized thus. God is a Tri-unity, with each Person of the Godhead equally, fully and eternally God. Each is necessary and each is distinct, yet all are one. The three Persons appear in a logical, causal order. The Father is the unseen, omnipresent Source of all being, revealed in and by the Son, experienced in and by the Holy Spirit. The Son proceeds from the Father and the Spirit from the Son. With reference to God's creation, the Father is the Thought behind it, the Son is the Word calling it forth, and the Spirit is the Deed making it a reality. According to the Gospel of St. Matthew, when Jesus Christ commanded his disciples to baptize people into Him, he used the term "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". He did not say "in the names of" (a plural tense), instead he said "in the name of" as if to denote a single person, a Triune God. Jesus told his disciples: "I and the Father are one." In His prayer he said to the Father, "Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one." Further, in the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit is also addressed as the Spirit of Jesus. Even though they have a separate identity, function and nature, essentially they are one.

I would like to illustrate this fact by using a simile. A mango tree has three parts, the root, the shoot which carries the branches and leaves, and the fruit. All these parts are morphologically and anatomically different because they have to perform different functions. However, not only is the basic genetic makeup of every individual cell of each part of the tree identical but the life of the tree is also considered to be one. We do not address the tree as three different beings instead we address it as a single being with three different parts. We also know that even though every part of the tree retains its individuality all these parts work in tandem with one another and within a healthy tree there is no scope of disharmony. Similarly, God of the Bible is a Triune God. He has three distinct personalities: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although they all retain their individuality, they are essentially the same Spirit-being, just like how each and every cell of a mango tree carries a common genetic makeup and life.

The root taps water and essential minerals for the whole tree and grounds it so that it can stay upright even in hostile conditions. Therefore it is located at the bottom of the tree, goes deep into the soil and remains below the ground. The shoot reveals the existence and character of the tree to those who look at it from the ground level. It also serves to channelize water and minerals to the branches which hold the leaves that trap sunlight in order to bear fruit which in turn propagates the seed of the tree. Above all, it is the fruit that highlights the character of the tree. In the words of the Lord, "Every tree is known by its fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit."

Likewise, God also has three personalities: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They enjoy an independent existence but are interdependent and carry out different functions for a common will because they contain the same spiritual life within them. The Father who is greater than all can be compared to the root which remains hidden but holds the whole tree together, and also acts as the source of nutrition to every other part of the tree. The shoot of the tree that reveals its existence can be compared to the Son who has revealed the character of the Father to human beings. And the Holy Spirit who dwells in the hearts of the people, who believe in Christ, can be compared to the fruit of the tree. It's the Holy Spirit that helps people to taste and know that the Lord is good. The Holy Spirit also sows in them the word of truth, the seed of life. If a mango tree that has three parts specialized to perform different functions can be considered as one, then why can't God who has three different personalities, specialized to do different functions also be considered as one? Moreover, the whole mango tree, with all the three parts comes forth from a single seed, likewise the whole personality of God can summarized as a seed, 'a word', the expression which St. John used in the first chapter of his gospel, "In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God."

The bible has changed throughout the centuries and different religious groups choose different versions as their approved version. Predominantly the book is the same.

The Bible, sometimes called the Holy Bible, can refer to one of two closely related religious texts central to Judaism and Christianity-the Hebrew or Christian sacred Scriptures respectively.

The Bible as used by Christians is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The canonical composition of the Old Testament is in dispute between Christian groups: Protestants hold all of the books of the Hebrew Bible to be canonical and include them in what they call the Old Testament. Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox additionally consider the deuterocanonical books, a group of Jewish books, to be a canonical part of their Old Testament. The New Testament is comprised of the Gospels ("good news"), the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles (letters), and the Book of Revelation.

There are 2,479 bible translations available today!

The following Bible translations are approved by the Catholic Church for personal use:

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Nothing, except that you just wasted some time.

Mandate of Israel:

Why do people insist on uttering the so called Lord's prayer? Christians all over are treating the God of Israel as somebody so dumb that we humans can influence Him with a mere mantra. Yeshua used this set of prayers to imply that He should not be treated as an object of ritual. He warned Israel not to be repetitive like the pagans.

Yeshua created that set of utterances as a template on how to pray to the Father, the church bastardized it into a pagan ritual.

The Lord's prayer was not meant to be a prayer. It was supposed to be a formula or template on how to create your own prayers.

The God of Israel is not buddha, allah, satan, confucius, amaterazu, or some wooden, metallic, ceramic or whatever god.

Matthew 6:9-13 (New International Version). 9"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name

Now that you know this, please stop insulting the God of Israel anymore.

Essentially the Baptist faith traces its roots to a body of doctrine based entirely on the authority of the Bible, and not in protest to the Roman Catholic practice of infant baptism and sprinkling. For this body of doctrine existed before the first recorded infant baptisms in the AD250's. Baptists are those Christians who believe in the biblical practice of full-immersion water baptism as a post salvation evidence of repentant Believers in Jesus. The other distinctive Baptist dogma is the Priesthood of all Believers, which is to say, that each Baptist stands or falls before God on his/her own and that only Jesus is the moderator between God and man.

A few Baptists are "charismatic" and practice glossolalia (speaking in tongues) but most don't.

How Baptists view glossolalia varies a lot. Some consider it a major heresy, some regard it as a superstition, some as merely emotionalism and some few regard it as a symptom of demon possession. The belief that it is a required evidence of salvation is rejected by all Baptists.

A Baptist believes that baptism shows that someone is declaring that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that someone has given himself to Jesus and is now a Christian.

There are many more doctrinal beliefs such as the Trinity, eternal life, heaven, hell, Jesus is coming back, the end times, prayer, the scripture has absolute truth and authority and the church is the Universal Church of God and they are the Bride of Christ. They believe in repentance, forgiveness and serving Jesus and spreading the Gospel message around the world.

Many different versions of the Lord's prayer exist, used by various groups around the world. However, they all include the same statements and ideas, only differed by the words used to express them. Below are some of these versions; the one directly beneath is perhaps the simplest:

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
[some denominations also include the following] - For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever]

Amen.

It is found in Luke 11:2-4, and Matthew 6:9-15 and the section up to 'evil' is part of Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount.

Old Version.

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen" (6: 9-13).

New Version.

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

Old Version.

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil" (9: 2-4).

New Version.

"Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation."

"The so-called 'Lord's Prayer' was learned by the Messiah as the 'Kadish' from the Talmud." The Kadish, as translated by a Christian scholar, Rev. John Gregorie, is as follows:

"Our Father which art in heaven, be gracious to us, O Lord, our God; hallowed be thy name, and let the remembrance of thee be glorified in heaven above and in the earth here below. Let thy kingdom reign over us now and forever. The holy men of old said, Remit and forgive unto all men whatsoever they have done against me. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil thing. For thine is the kingdom, and thou shalt reign in glory for ever and for evermore."

There are two slightly different versions, here is the one used by most English churches (unless they use the Book of Common Prayer of 1662): Our father, in heaven;

Hallowed be thy name,

Your kingdom come,

Your will be done,

On Earth, as in Heaven,

Give us today our daily bread,

Forgive us our sins,

As we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For you are the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit,

Now and forever, Amen.

This one is mostly used by the Americans and Canadians, and the Australians (and English churches that use the Book of Common Prayer of 1662) I believe; Our Father, which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name;

Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done,

In earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation;

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,

For ever and ever.

Amen.there are many versions but i know:

Our father, in heaven;

Hallowed be your name,

Your kingdom come,

Your will be done,

On Earth, as in Heaven,

Give us today our daily bread,

And forgive us our sins,

As we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, power and glory are yours

Now and forever, Amen.