John Bell

A 25 year old american, who's trying to build up a homestead and understand the depths of scripture at the same time.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

I just wrote another article for my paid subscribers... It was another short one (I swear its not intentional I just write until it looks done)

But I wanted to share the major point from the article here.
In Proverbs 1:7 in the LXX there is a line that teaches something that is not otherwise clearly said elsewhere.
"And piety towards God is the beginning of perception"
This explains so much of the world around us today. how many people are there who have lost all touch with reality?
Well if perception has its origin in piety towards God is it any wonder that such is the case?

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

Mormon is the only thing I can call them without lying... and even that is questionable since that acknowledges the possibility a man named mormon existed in anything other than the pipe dream of a charlatan.

[Kīra von Amerika @Kira_vonAmerika]

@realDrTT Hi Trevor,

This is my third time sharing this.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@kinisman I do try to be... I am an ambassador of Truth.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers nein, they are conceived in sin.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers infants cant be baptized into the forgiveness of sins?

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers no it doesn't.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers you're a mormon I'm glad your god disagrees with me.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

as someone who has trained in martial arts... this is why you have to sift through certain techniques to find the ones that actually work.

[Aurora Aveneu @aveneu_]

Is self-defense just about cunning? The tactics are too elaborate…

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers you don't, if you did there would be no hope of salvation.

same thing with baptism.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers work: an act of man.
Gods work: an act of God

the reason that faith is not a work is because God is the one who give it to us.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers you act as though baptism is something men do. as opposed to it being from God. Gods work does not require our consent to function.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers is baptism a work?

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

the problem with this take is that there are plenty of times where scripture in other places agrees with statements Jobs friends make.

[Miss Lizard @adelethelaptop]

Job is an amazing book of the Bible, but it requires understanding, because I have seen people quote Job’s friends as if they were speaking wisdom when the whole point is that they weren’t.

Job is a masterclass in how NOT to comfort someone who is grieving.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@pleas_evans I was expecting less joy in the replies...
finally a wholesome internet moment.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@therealstandage @LutheranAnswers thats like calling the bride of Christ a whore.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@EdTheAdm @LutheranAnswers @plainsguns yes in the greek.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@biblecia ... you assume its disciple then baptize when it could equally be read (and likely should be read) as disciple: baptize and teach.
baptism being the first act of discipleship.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@SchrockNat79945 @plainsguns @LutheranAnswers actually the great commission has baptism being the first act of discipleship.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@LutheranAnswers @EdTheAdm @plainsguns also one could argue that it is not the one being baptized making the appeal, but Christ.

[John Bell @GenevanBard]

@biblecia I am simply following the biblical example. if in every detailed account households are the norm then that should be what we do.