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water, coconut butter, cream, milk, flour, shreds, the internet is overwhelmed with information about the benefits of the coconut products. We cannot see the end of the list. If you count it there is a high number about the good reasons for the popularity of coconut oil. A variety of coconut-derived ingredients—from coconut oil to coconut flour and coconut milk—are increasingly being used in home kitchens, restaurants and packaged foods. But can a food so rich in calories and laden with saturated fat be healthy?

The coconut tree is a member of the family Arfecaceae( palm family) and the only accepted species in the genus Cocos.

Health Benefits of Coconut Oil and Cooking Uses for Coconut Oil

Coconut oil contains a mixture of saturated fatty acids, some of which don’t adversely affect cholesterol levels,” says Joy Dubost, Ph.D., R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “But while its predominant saturated fat —lauric acid—does raise beneficial HDL cholesterol, it also raises harmful LDL cholesterol, which can increase the risk of heart disease.”

Furthermore, the coconut pol prevents and helps numerous health issues such as diabetes by reducing food cravings and balances blood sugar levels, therefore controls weight gain. It helps treating asthma, chronic and adrenal fatigue, bronchial infections, cancer, allergies, Alzheimer’s/ dementia, gas, cholesterol, stomach ulcers, malnutrition, pancreatitis. The MCFA’s of coconut oil do not need the pancreatic enzymes to be broken down, so taking coconut oil eases the strain on the pancreas.

Additionally, this super fat is so easy to digest that it has been known to improve the symptoms of gallbladder disease as well. Replace other long-chain fats with coconut oil to improve gallbladder and total body health.

By the way, candida is a disease caused by excessive yeast growth in the stomach. To help stop Candida, the yeast build up in the stomach must be eliminated; coconut oil helps to eliminate the excessive yeast. The healthy acids found naturally in coconut oil help to kill Candida. Coconut oil also helps to give relief from Candida symptoms and discomfort.

The topical use of coconut oil relieves, treats and helps in the case of the following health conditions:

Athletes Foot
Cellulite
Acne – The skin which is susceptible to acne, is often excessively dry, meaning that your glands produce much oil and clog the pores.
Sore Muscles and Back Pain
Toenail Fungus
Gingivitis, Gum Disease, Canker Sores – You can rub it directly on the gums, or use it as a toothpaste
Circumcision healing – Coconut oil are helpful in the healing
Genital Warts – In most cases, genital warts vanish on their own after 2 years of the initial infection, but if you use coconut oil topically, you will cure them after 6-month treatment
Decongestant – If you are congested due to an allergy or a cold, you should rub some coconut oil on the chest and under your nose
Pink eye – You should apply coconut oil to the eye and around it
Allergies/Hay Fever – For fast relief, you should rub a little coconut oil inside the nostrils, and the pollen will cling to the oil.
Head Lice – Apply it topically
Herpes – You should take it orally and apply it topically
Ear infection – It fights the infection, and in order to reduce the pain, you should pour several drops of coconut and garlic oil inside the ear two times during the day
Cysts and boils
Hives – Coconut oil lessens the swelling and itching

Coconut oil is rich in saturated fats that are beneficial for controlling fungi and parasites that can cause indigestion. These fats help to absorb the minerals, amino acids and vitamins that do so much good for our health.

Coconut oil helps the body absorb calcium and magnesium. Both calcium and magnesium are essential in developing and maintaining strong bones. Coconut oil can help to prevent and possibly cure osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that makes bones fragile and prone to breaks and fractures. Osteoporosis is a very common disease in North America as an estimated one in three women, and one in five men will suffer from it sometime during their lifetime. In women, fractures and breaks caused by osteoporosis are more frequent than heart attacks, breast cancer and strokes combined. Osteoporosis is most commonly seen in seniors. It is recommended that three tablespoons of coconut oil be taken daily to help prevent osteoporosis and five tablespoons be taken daily to help reverse it.

Combating eczema and acne are two of the most popular skin care uses for coconut oil; however, the uses of it for the skin are almost endless. Coconut oil is one of the very best things to use on skin to help prevent premature aging, wrinkles, and dry skin. It can also be used as a shaving lotion, all over body moisturizer, make up remover, and is excellent for skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis. In addition, coconut oil is great for decreasing the look of scars and stretch marks, is great for diaper rash, and helps to block damaging UV rays.

Personal Hygiene and the Body, Skin, Hair:

Body Scrub – You should mix some salt and this oil, or you can add some other essential oil for a better smell as well, and rub your body. Afterward, wash the mixture off and your skin will be incredibly soft!
Bruises – It reduces redness and swelling, and thus accelerates the healing process. Apply it directly to the bruise.
Bug Bites – It accelerates the healing process, as it reduces the burning sensation, as well as itching. Therefore, apply it directly on the affected area.
Dandruff – Oil secretion may be one of the most common causes of dandruff. Coconut oil reduces it, as well as it moisturizes the scalp and alleviates the dandruff symptoms.
Burns – It promotes healing and prevents scars. Therefore, apply it immediately on the burn and continue using it until you solve the issue.
Swimmers Ear – Mic coconut and garlic oil and pour a few drops in the ear and leave them for 10 minutes. Repeat this method twice or three times a day, and you will solve the problem in a few days.
Skin Conditions – It provides relief in the case of eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis.
Wrinkle Prevention and reduction – rub some coconut oil on the wrinkles and sagging skin, and you will strengthen the connective tissues and rejuvenate the skin.
Chapstick – Rub some coconut oil on your lips and it will soften them and protect them, as it has an SPF of about 4.
Deodorant – You can use it as a deodorant, but it provides amazing effects when combined with baking soda and cornstarch/arrowroot powder.
Hair conditioner/ Deep Treatment – Apply a teaspoon of this oil to the ends and through the hair with the fingers, and use it as a leave-in hair conditioner. In order to use it as a deep treatment, rub in a tablespoon of this amazing oil onto the dry scalp and rub a bit in the hair ends and put a shower cap and leave it to act overnight.
Diaper Salve – It has no chemicals and it is great on a rashy bum, and completely safe for cloth diapers.
Eye cream – At bedtime, apply some coconut oil on the eyelids. Moreover, in order to reduce wrinkles, bags and puffiness, apply it under the eyes.

Age Spots – In order to make it fade, apply some oil directly to the age spot.
Baldness – Mix thyme, rosemary, coconut oil, lavender, cedarwood, Grapeseed/ castor oil, a little cayenne pepper and jojoba oil. Apply this mixture at bedtime or three times during the day and massage the affected are, and it will support cell regeneration.
Face Wash/ Soap – Mix coconut oil with almond oil, olive oil, castor oil and avocado oil in equal amounts and use the mixture to wash your face instead of your soap. Rub it in, leave it on the face in order to act for 2 minutes, wash it off and pat dry.
Hair Gel/ Defrizzer – Rub a bit coconut oil between the palms and finger comb, or in case, your hair is curly, scrunch into the hair on the ends.
Lubricant – Note that it is not compatible with latex, but it is a completely natural, safe personal lubricant for sex and masturbation.
Massage Oil – Just get some coconut oil and rub it, it is fantastic for massaging!
Healing – As soon as you apply coconut oil on the cuts and scrapes, it creates a thin chemical layer which prevents viruses, bacteria, and dust. It accelerates the healing process by repairing the damaged tissues and has an incredible smell.
Cradle Cap – It effectively nourishes the baby skin and helps you get rid of cradle cap. You should rub some into the scalp on a daily basis.
Nipple Cream – It nourishes sore, cracked and dry nipples. Apply some of the oil on a cotton ball and leave it on the affected areas between feedings.
Makeup Remover – Dab some coconut oil with a cotton swab and it will remove makeup and leave the skin soft and radiant!
Stretch Marks – This oil effectively nourishes damaged skin and miraculously reduces stretch marks.
Moisturizer – Apply some coconut oil on the body and it will moisturize it.
Sun Burn Relief – Rub some coconut oil into the affected areas and it will relieve the sunburnt skin.
Tattoo Healing and Moisturizer – The regular use of coconut oil will prevent fading of the pigment and it will accelerate the healing process and prevent infections.
Toothpaste – Mix some coconut oil with baking soda and brush your teeth with the mixture.
Acne Skin Fix – Apply a bit of coconut oil underneath the makeup or alone in order to reduce the stimulation of the oil gland. Usually, the skin which is susceptible to acne may be too dry and thus indicate that the gland excessively produces oil and the pores are clogged.

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  Jcan Its really sad when some like to yank Jesus' "I am" statements out of their context, for it is clear that Jesus is not God based upon his following statements:
John 8:28: "I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." If Jesus is "Very God of Very God," and coequal with the Father, then why must Jesus be taught by the Father? If Jesus is God, then why can he not do nothing on his own authority? Must God wait on another person before He can do something?

John 8:40: "You are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God." If Jesus is "Very God of Very God," then does God hear God, seeing that Jesus said that he was "a MAN...that [has] heard from God"?

John 8:42: "I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me" (John 8:42). One can't "come from God" and "be sent by God" and at the same time be "Very God.."

John 8:54: "Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me." If Jesus is coequal with God, then why is Jesus' honor described by himself as being "nothing," and why is the only honor worthy of mention is the honor that is bestowed by his Father? These "honors" don't sound very "equal" if "God the Son" is coequal with "God the Father," as the Trinitarians claim

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I can see the verses you used in the lead post, the 7 i am's to show Jesus is God. It would appear that Jesus was claiming deity. But if we put the verses back into its context,with understanding and if we remove the preconceived idea that Jesus is God and letting the verse speak for itself we will see that it doesn’t offer as much evidence as is supposed.FIrstly the I am in John 8-58 is not capitalized as it is in Exodus 3-14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
The I Am in Exodus, is God stating a name by which he will be known? To say that Jesus is making the same statement is to read into the text rather than out of it.

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 1. Because Jesus Christ is represented by the sacred writers to be as distinct a being from God the Father as one man is distinct from another. “It is written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one who bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me,” John 8:17, 18.

Because he not only never said that himself was God, but, on the contrary, spoke of the Father, who sent him, as God, and as the only God. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent,” John 17:3. This language our Saviour used in solemn prayer to “his Father and our Father.”

Because he is declared, in unnumbered instances, to be the Son of God. “And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” Matt 3:17. Can a son be coeval (the same age) and the same with his father?

Because he is styled the Christ, or the anointed of God. “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power,” Acts 10:38. Is he who anoints the same with him who is anointed?

Because he is represented as a Priest. “Consider the ….High-Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,” Heb. 3:1. The office of a priest is to minister to God. Christ, then, as a priest, cannot be God.

Because Christ is Mediator between the “One God,” and “men.” “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” 1 Tim. 2:5.

Because, as the Saviour of men, he was sent by the Father. “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 John 4:14.

Because he is an Apostle appointed by God. “Consider the Apostle,...Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him that appointed him,” Heb. 3:1, 2.

Because Christ is represented as our intercessor with God. “It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us,” Rom. 8:34.

Because the head of Christ is God. “I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of every woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God,” 1 Cor. 11:3.

Because, in the same sense in which we are said to belong to Christ, Christ is said to belong to God. “And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s,” 1 Cor. 3:23.

Because Christ says, “My father is greater than all,” John 10:29. Is not the father, then greater than the son?

Because he affirms, in another connection, and without the least qualification, “My Father is greater than I,” John 14:28

Because he virtually denies that he is God, when he exclaims, “Why callest thou me Good? There is none good but one, that is God,” Matt 19:17.

Because our Saviour, after having said, “I and my Father are one,” gives his disciples distinctly to understand that he did not mean one substance, equal in power and glory, but one only in affection and design, as clearly appears from the prayer he offers to his Father in their behalf, --“that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us,” John 17:21

Because the Father is called the God of Christ as he is the God of Christians. “Jesus saith unto her, ….Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God and your God,” John 20:17.

Because an Apostle says of God, in distinction from the “Lord Jesus Christ,” that He is the “only Potentate,” and that He “only hath immortality,” 1 Tim. 6:15, 16.

Because it is the express declaration of the same Apostle, that the Father is the one God, and there is none other. “Though there be that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,” 1 Cor. 8:5- 6.

Because the power which Christ possessed was, as him affirmed, given to him. “All power is given unto me,” Matt 28:18.

Because he positively denies himself to be the author of his miraculous works, but refers them to the Father, or the holy spirit of God. “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works,” John 14:10. “If I cast out devils by the spirit of God,” Matt. 12:28.

Because he distinctly states, that these works bear witness, not to his own power, but that the Father had sent him, John 5:36.

Because he expressly affirms that the works were done, not in his own, but in his Father’s name, John 10:25.

Because he asserts, that “him hath God the Father sealed,” i.e. to God the Father he was indebted for his credentials, John 6:27.

Because he declares that he is not the author of his own doctrine. “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me,” John 7:16, 17.

Because he represents himself as having been instructed by the Father. “As my Father hath taught me, I speak these things,” John 8:28.

Because he refers invariable to the Father as the origin of the authority by which he spoke and acted. “The Father hath given to the Son authority,” John 5:26, 27.

Because he acknowledges his dependence on his Heavenly Father for example and direction in all his doings. “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do,” John 5:19. “The Father loveth the Son, and showth him all things that himself doeth” John 5:20.

Because he says “I seek not mine own glory; but I honor my Father,” John 8:49, 50.

Because he declares, “If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me,” John 8:54.

Because an Apostle declares, that Christ dwelt all fullness, because it so pleased the Father, Col. 1:19.

Because Christ is uniformly represented in the Scriptures, not as the primary, but the intermediate, cause of all things relating to our salvation. “One God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him,” 1 Cor. 8:6.

Because he declares, “I am not come of myself” into the world, “for I proceeded forth and came from God,” John 8:42; 7:28. Jesus knowing… that he came from God, and went to God,” John 13:3.

Because he affirms that he had not the disposal of the highest places in his own kingdom. “To sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father,” Matt. 20:23.

Because our Saviour, referring his disciples to a future time, when they would understand more accurately concerning him, expressly declares that then they would know him to be entirely dependent upon the Father. “When ye have lifted up the Son of man (i.e. crucified him), then shall ye know that I am he (i.e. the Messiah), and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things," John 8:28.

Because our Saviour always professed to have no will of his own, but to be ever entirely guided and governed by the will of his Heavenly Father. “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” John 6:38.

Because he expressly denies that he is possessed of Divine attribute of independent existence. “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father,” John 6:57

Because he expressly disclaims the possession of the Divine attribute of underived existence. “As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself,” John 5:26.

Because he positively denies that he is possessed of the Divine attribute of omnipotence. “I can of mine own self do nothing,” John 5:30.

Because he expressly disclaims the possession of the Divine attribute of omniscience. “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but my Father only,” Matt.24:36, Mark 13:32.

Because Christ is said in the Scriptures to have been “tempted of the devil,” Matt. 4:1. But “God can not be tempted with evil.” James 1:13.

Because it is related of our Saviour, that “he continued all night in prayer to God,” Luke 6:12. Why should Christ thus pray, if he himself were God?

Because, in presence of a numerous company before the resurrection, he gave thanks to the Father for having heard him. “Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me, and I knew that thou hearest me always,” John 11:41, 42.

Because Jesus besought his Father to glorify him. “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory which I had with thee before the world was,” John 17:5. The one who prayed to God to glorify him, cannot be God.

Because he implored that, if it were possible, the bitter cup might pass from him, adding, “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt,” Matt 26:39.

Because he said, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matt. 27:46 Can he who uttered this be the Supreme God?

Because he never paid his adoration to himself, the Son, nor to the Holy Ghost, as he should have done, had the Son and the Holy Ghost been God; but always to the Father.

Because he never instructed his disciples to worship himself or the Holy Ghost, but the Father, and the Father only. “When ye pray, say Our Father which art in heaven,” Luke 11:2. “In that day, ye shall ask me nothing. Whatsoever ye ask of the Father in my name,” John 16:23. “The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him,” John 4:23.

Because it was not the practice of the Apostles to pay religious homage to Christ, but to God the Father through Christ. “I thank God through Jesus Christ,” Rom. 7:25. “To God only wise, be glory through Christ,” Rom 16:27. “I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Eph. 3:14.

Because St. Peter, immediately after being filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, thus addressed the Jews: “Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles, and wonders, and signs which God did by him, in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain; whom God hath raised up,” Acts 2:22-24.

Because St. Paul expressly states, that “all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,” 2 Cor. 5:18.

Because the same Apostle gives “thanks to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ,” 1 Cor.15:57.

Because it is said that it is “to the glory of God the Father,” that “every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord,” Phil. 2:11.

Because the Scriptures affirm that “Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but He (glorified him) who said unto him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee,” Heb. 5:5.

Because it is expressly asserted that God gave to Christ the Revelation which was made to the author of the Apocalypse, Rev. 1:1.

Because an Apostle speaks of Christ, only as the image of God. “Who is the image of the image of the invisible God,” Col. 1:15. 2 Cor. 4: 4. It would be absurd to call anyone his own image.

Because Christ is stated to be “the first-born of every creature,” Col. 1:15.

Because he is said to be “the beginning of the creation of God,” Rev. 3: 14.

Because the Scriptures affirm, in so many words, that “Jesus was made a little lower than the angels,” Heb. 2:9. Can God become lower than his creatures?

Because Peter declares that “Christ received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, this is my beloved son,” 2 Peter 1:17.

Because it is represented as necessary that the Saviour of mankind should “be made like unto his brethren,” Heb. 2:17.

Because, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Christ is compared with Moses in a manner that would be impious if he were the Supreme God. “For this man (Christ) was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch,” Heb. 3:3.

Because he is represented as being the servant, the chosen, the beloved of God, and the recipient of God’s spirit. “Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit upon him,” Matt. 12:18.

Because he himself expressly declares that it was in consequence of his doing what pleased the Father, that the Father was with him and did not leave him alone. “He that sent me is with me; the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things that please him,” John 8:29.

Because he is said to have “increased in wisdom, and in favor with God and man,” Luke 2:52.

Because he speaks of himself as one who had received commands from the Father. “The Father, who sent me, he gave me a commandment,” John 12:49.

Because he is represented as obeying the Father, and as having been “obedient unto death,” Phil. 2:8. “Even as the Father said unto me, so I speak,” John 12:50. “I have kept my Father’s commandments,” John 15:10.

Because Christ “Learned obedience by the things he suffered,” and through sufferings was made perfect by God, Heb. 5:8.

Because he is spoken of in the Scriptures as the first born among many brethren. Rom. 8:29. Has God brethren?

Because Christ calls everyone who obeys God his brother. “Whosoever shall do the will of my Father in heaven, the same is my brother,” Matt. 12:50.

Because he offers to the faithful the like distinction and honor that himself has with the Father. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am sit down with my Father in his throne,” Rev. 3: 21.

Because God, in the later ages, hath spoken by his Son, and appointed him heir of all things, Heb. 1:2.

Because Christ is styled the first-begotten of the dead, Rev. 1:5.

Because it is declared that God raised him from the dead. “This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses,” Acts 2: 32, Rom. 10:9, 10

Because God poured out upon the Apostles the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, Tit. 3:6.

Because the reason assigned for the Holy Spirit not having been received earlier, is that Jesus was not then glorified. “The Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified,” John 7:39.

Because it is affirmed that Christ was exalted by God to be a Prince and a Saviour, Acts 5:31.

Because God made that same Jesus, who was crucified, both Lord and Christ, Acts 2: 36.

Because God gave him a name which is above every name, Phil. 2:9.

Because Christ was ordained of God to be the judge of the quick and the dead, Acts 10:42.

Because God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, Rom. 2:16.

Because all judgment is committed to Christ by the Father, John 5:22.

Because our Saviour grounds the importance of his judgment solely upon the circumstances, that it is not exclusively his own judgment which he pronounces, but that of the Father who sent him. “If I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me,” John 8:16.

Because it is said, that, when he was received up into heaven, he “sat on the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19.

Because St. Paul affirms, that Christ, even since his ascension, “liveth unto God,” and “liveth by the power of God,” Rom. 6:10. 2 Cor. 12:4.

Because it is affirmed of Christ, that “when all things shall be subdued under him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all,” 1 Cor. 15:28.

Because the Apostle John asserts that “no man hath seen God at any time”; which is not true, if Christ were God, John 1:18.

Because, in the prophecies of the Old Testament that relate to Christ, he is spoken of as a being distinct from and inferior to God, Deut. 18:15, John 1:45.

Because the Jews never expected that any other than a being distinct from and inferior to God was to be their Messiah, and yet there is no evidence that our Saviour ever so much as hinted to them that this expectation was erroneous.

Because it does not appear from the Scriptures, that the Jews except in two instances, ever opposed our Saviour on the ground that he pretended to be God or equal with God; whereas, had it been his custom to assume such identity or equality, in his conversation with a people so strongly attached to the doctrine of the divine unity, he would have found himself involved in a perpetual controversy with them on this point, some traces of which must have appeared in the New Testament.

Because in these two instances, when charged, in the one case, with making himself God, and in the other, with making himself equal with God, he positively denies the charges. In reply to the charge of assuming to be equal with God, he says immediately, “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do”; and directly after, “I can of mine own self do nothing,” John 5:19, 30. In answer to the charge of making himself God, he appeals to the Jews in substance thus: Your own Scriptures call Moses a god, and your magistrates gods; I am surely not inferior to them, yet I did not call myself God, but only the Son of God, John 10:34-36.

Because, had his immediate disciples believe him to be the Almighty, would they have been so familiar with him, have argued with him, betrayed him, denied him, fled from him, and left him to be dragged to the cross?

Because the Apostles, after they had been filled with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, did not preach that Christ was God; but preached what was altogether inconsistent with such a doctrine, Acts 2:22; 13:23; 17:3, 31; 22:8.

Because there is no evidence to prove that the first converts to Christianity ever incurred the imputation of idolatry from the Jews, as they must have done had they believed and taught that the Son, as well as the Father, is Jehovah; while it is notorious that this imputation has been among the most common of the Jewish reproaches against Christians, since the Trinity became a doctrine of the Church.

Because there are in the New Testament seventeen passages, wherein the Father is styled one or only God, while there is not a single passage in which the Son is so styled.

Because there are 320 passages in which the Father is absolutely, and by way of eminence, called God; while there is not one in which the Son is thus called.

Because there are 105 passages in which the Father is denominated God, with peculiarly high titles and epithets, whereas the Son is not once denominated.

Because there are 90 passages wherein it is declared that all prayers and praises ought to be offered to Him, and that everything ought to be ultimately directed to his honor and glory; while of the Son no such declaration is ever made.

Because of 1,300 passages in the New Testament wherein the word God is mentioned, not one necessarily implies the existence of more than one person in the Godhead, or that this one is any other than the Father.

Because the passages wherein the Son is declared, positively, or by clearest implication, to be subordinate to the Father, deriving his being from Him, receiving from Him his divine power, and acting in all things wholly according to His will, are in number above 300.

Because, in a word, the supremacy of the Father, and the inferiority of the Son, is the simple, unembarrassed, and current doctrine of the Bible; whereas, that of their equality or identity is clothed in mystery, encumbered with difficulties, and dependent, at the best, upon few passages for support

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In Exodus 3-15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Now Obviously it can be stated that the English translation had translators and therefore it was the translators choice to capitalise Exodus 3-14 and not John 8-58 and so can be argued that Jesus is still claiming to be the I AM.

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Rank：Diamond Member Score：302150 Posts：4767 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 5:18 AM	Date Posted：09/23/2016 11:50 AMCopy HTML water, coconut butter, cream, milk, flour, shreds, the internet is overwhelmed with information about the benefits of the coconut products. We cannot see the end of the list. If you count it there is a high number about the good reasons for the popularity of coconut oil. A variety of coconut-derived ingredients—from coconut oil to coconut flour and coconut milk—are increasingly being used in home kitchens, restaurants and packaged foods. But can a food so rich in calories and laden with saturated fat be healthy? The coconut tree is a member of the family Arfecaceae( palm family) and the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. Health Benefits of Coconut Oil and Cooking Uses for Coconut Oil Coconut oil contains a mixture of saturated fatty acids, some of which don’t adversely affect cholesterol levels,” says Joy Dubost, Ph.D., R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “But while its predominant saturated fat —lauric acid—does raise beneficial HDL cholesterol, it also raises harmful LDL cholesterol, which can increase the risk of heart disease.” Furthermore, the coconut pol prevents and helps numerous health issues such as diabetes by reducing food cravings and balances blood sugar levels, therefore controls weight gain. It helps treating asthma, chronic and adrenal fatigue, bronchial infections, cancer, allergies, Alzheimer’s/ dementia, gas, cholesterol, stomach ulcers, malnutrition, pancreatitis. The MCFA’s of coconut oil do not need the pancreatic enzymes to be broken down, so taking coconut oil eases the strain on the pancreas. Additionally, this super fat is so easy to digest that it has been known to improve the symptoms of gallbladder disease as well. Replace other long-chain fats with coconut oil to improve gallbladder and total body health. By the way, candida is a disease caused by excessive yeast growth in the stomach. To help stop Candida, the yeast build up in the stomach must be eliminated; coconut oil helps to eliminate the excessive yeast. The healthy acids found naturally in coconut oil help to kill Candida. Coconut oil also helps to give relief from Candida symptoms and discomfort. The topical use of coconut oil relieves, treats and helps in the case of the following health conditions: Athletes Foot Cellulite Acne – The skin which is susceptible to acne, is often excessively dry, meaning that your glands produce much oil and clog the pores. Sore Muscles and Back Pain Toenail Fungus Gingivitis, Gum Disease, Canker Sores – You can rub it directly on the gums, or use it as a toothpaste Circumcision healing – Coconut oil are helpful in the healing Genital Warts – In most cases, genital warts vanish on their own after 2 years of the initial infection, but if you use coconut oil topically, you will cure them after 6-month treatment Decongestant – If you are congested due to an allergy or a cold, you should rub some coconut oil on the chest and under your nose Pink eye – You should apply coconut oil to the eye and around it Allergies/Hay Fever – For fast relief, you should rub a little coconut oil inside the nostrils, and the pollen will cling to the oil. Head Lice – Apply it topically Herpes – You should take it orally and apply it topically Ear infection – It fights the infection, and in order to reduce the pain, you should pour several drops of coconut and garlic oil inside the ear two times during the day Cysts and boils Hives – Coconut oil lessens the swelling and itching Coconut oil is rich in saturated fats that are beneficial for controlling fungi and parasites that can cause indigestion. These fats help to absorb the minerals, amino acids and vitamins that do so much good for our health. Coconut oil helps the body absorb calcium and magnesium. Both calcium and magnesium are essential in developing and maintaining strong bones. Coconut oil can help to prevent and possibly cure osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that makes bones fragile and prone to breaks and fractures. Osteoporosis is a very common disease in North America as an estimated one in three women, and one in five men will suffer from it sometime during their lifetime. In women, fractures and breaks caused by osteoporosis are more frequent than heart attacks, breast cancer and strokes combined. Osteoporosis is most commonly seen in seniors. It is recommended that three tablespoons of coconut oil be taken daily to help prevent osteoporosis and five tablespoons be taken daily to help reverse it. Combating eczema and acne are two of the most popular skin care uses for coconut oil; however, the uses of it for the skin are almost endless. Coconut oil is one of the very best things to use on skin to help prevent premature aging, wrinkles, and dry skin. It can also be used as a shaving lotion, all over body moisturizer, make up remover, and is excellent for skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis. In addition, coconut oil is great for decreasing the look of scars and stretch marks, is great for diaper rash, and helps to block damaging UV rays. Personal Hygiene and the Body, Skin, Hair: Body Scrub – You should mix some salt and this oil, or you can add some other essential oil for a better smell as well, and rub your body. Afterward, wash the mixture off and your skin will be incredibly soft! Bruises – It reduces redness and swelling, and thus accelerates the healing process. Apply it directly to the bruise. Bug Bites – It accelerates the healing process, as it reduces the burning sensation, as well as itching. Therefore, apply it directly on the affected area. Dandruff – Oil secretion may be one of the most common causes of dandruff. Coconut oil reduces it, as well as it moisturizes the scalp and alleviates the dandruff symptoms. Burns – It promotes healing and prevents scars. Therefore, apply it immediately on the burn and continue using it until you solve the issue. Swimmers Ear – Mic coconut and garlic oil and pour a few drops in the ear and leave them for 10 minutes. Repeat this method twice or three times a day, and you will solve the problem in a few days. Skin Conditions – It provides relief in the case of eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis. Wrinkle Prevention and reduction – rub some coconut oil on the wrinkles and sagging skin, and you will strengthen the connective tissues and rejuvenate the skin. Chapstick – Rub some coconut oil on your lips and it will soften them and protect them, as it has an SPF of about 4. Deodorant – You can use it as a deodorant, but it provides amazing effects when combined with baking soda and cornstarch/arrowroot powder. Hair conditioner/ Deep Treatment – Apply a teaspoon of this oil to the ends and through the hair with the fingers, and use it as a leave-in hair conditioner. In order to use it as a deep treatment, rub in a tablespoon of this amazing oil onto the dry scalp and rub a bit in the hair ends and put a shower cap and leave it to act overnight. Diaper Salve – It has no chemicals and it is great on a rashy bum, and completely safe for cloth diapers. Eye cream – At bedtime, apply some coconut oil on the eyelids. Moreover, in order to reduce wrinkles, bags and puffiness, apply it under the eyes. Age Spots – In order to make it fade, apply some oil directly to the age spot. Baldness – Mix thyme, rosemary, coconut oil, lavender, cedarwood, Grapeseed/ castor oil, a little cayenne pepper and jojoba oil. Apply this mixture at bedtime or three times during the day and massage the affected are, and it will support cell regeneration. Face Wash/ Soap – Mix coconut oil with almond oil, olive oil, castor oil and avocado oil in equal amounts and use the mixture to wash your face instead of your soap. Rub it in, leave it on the face in order to act for 2 minutes, wash it off and pat dry. Hair Gel/ Defrizzer – Rub a bit coconut oil between the palms and finger comb, or in case, your hair is curly, scrunch into the hair on the ends. Lubricant – Note that it is not compatible with latex, but it is a completely natural, safe personal lubricant for sex and masturbation. Massage Oil – Just get some coconut oil and rub it, it is fantastic for massaging! Healing – As soon as you apply coconut oil on the cuts and scrapes, it creates a thin chemical layer which prevents viruses, bacteria, and dust. It accelerates the healing process by repairing the damaged tissues and has an incredible smell. Cradle Cap – It effectively nourishes the baby skin and helps you get rid of cradle cap. You should rub some into the scalp on a daily basis. Nipple Cream – It nourishes sore, cracked and dry nipples. Apply some of the oil on a cotton ball and leave it on the affected areas between feedings. Makeup Remover – Dab some coconut oil with a cotton swab and it will remove makeup and leave the skin soft and radiant! Stretch Marks – This oil effectively nourishes damaged skin and miraculously reduces stretch marks. Moisturizer – Apply some coconut oil on the body and it will moisturize it. Sun Burn Relief – Rub some coconut oil into the affected areas and it will relieve the sunburnt skin. Tattoo Healing and Moisturizer – The regular use of coconut oil will prevent fading of the pigment and it will accelerate the healing process and prevent infections. Toothpaste – Mix some coconut oil with baking soda and brush your teeth with the mixture. Acne Skin Fix – Apply a bit of coconut oil underneath the makeup or alone in order to reduce the stimulation of the oil gland. Usually, the skin which is susceptible to acne may be too dry and thus indicate that the gland excessively produces oil and the pores are clogged. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Rank：Diamond Member Score：302150 Posts：4767 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 5:18 AM	Re：Cocunut oil Date Posted：04/26/2017 9:06 PMCopy HTML Jcan Its really sad when some like to yank Jesus' "I am" statements out of their context, for it is clear that Jesus is not God based upon his following statements: John 8:28: "I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." If Jesus is "Very God of Very God," and coequal with the Father, then why must Jesus be taught by the Father? If Jesus is God, then why can he not do nothing on his own authority? Must God wait on another person before He can do something? John 8:40: "You are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God." If Jesus is "Very God of Very God," then does God hear God, seeing that Jesus said that he was "a MAN...that [has] heard from God"? John 8:42: "I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me" (John 8:42). One can't "come from God" and "be sent by God" and at the same time be "Very God.." John 8:54: "Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me." If Jesus is coequal with God, then why is Jesus' honor described by himself as being "nothing," and why is the only honor worthy of mention is the honor that is bestowed by his Father? These "honors" don't sound very "equal" if "God the Son" is coequal with "God the Father," as the Trinitarians claim The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Rank：Diamond Member Score：302150 Posts：4767 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 5:18 AM	Re：Cocunut oil Date Posted：04/27/2017 1:09 AMCopy HTML I can see the verses you used in the lead post, the 7 i am's to show Jesus is God. It would appear that Jesus was claiming deity. But if we put the verses back into its context,with understanding and if we remove the preconceived idea that Jesus is God and letting the verse speak for itself we will see that it doesn’t offer as much evidence as is supposed. FIrstly the I am in John 8-58 is not capitalized as it is in Exodus 3-14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. The I Am in Exodus, is God stating a name by which he will be known? To say that Jesus is making the same statement is to read into the text rather than out of it. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Rank：Diamond Member Score：302150 Posts：4767 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 5:18 AM	Re：Cocunut oil Date Posted：04/27/2017 4:14 PMCopy HTML 1. Because Jesus Christ is represented by the sacred writers to be as distinct a being from God the Father as one man is distinct from another. “It is written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one who bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me,” John 8:17, 18. 2. Because he not only never said that himself was God, but, on the contrary, spoke of the Father, who sent him, as God, and as the only God. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent,” John 17:3. This language our Saviour used in solemn prayer to “his Father and our Father.” 3. Because he is declared, in unnumbered instances, to be the Son of God. “And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” Matt 3:17. Can a son be coeval (the same age) and the same with his father? 4. Because he is styled the Christ, or the anointed of God. “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power,” Acts 10:38. Is he who anoints the same with him who is anointed? 5. Because he is represented as a Priest. “Consider the ….High-Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,” Heb. 3:1. The office of a priest is to minister to God. Christ, then, as a priest, cannot be God. 6. Because Christ is Mediator between the “One God,” and “men.” “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” 1 Tim. 2:5. 7. Because, as the Saviour of men, he was sent by the Father. “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 John 4:14. 8. Because he is an Apostle appointed by God. “Consider the Apostle,...Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him that appointed him,” Heb. 3:1, 2. 9. Because Christ is represented as our intercessor with God. “It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us,” Rom. 8:34. 10. Because the head of Christ is God. “I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of every woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God,” 1 Cor. 11:3. 11. Because, in the same sense in which we are said to belong to Christ, Christ is said to belong to God. “And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s,” 1 Cor. 3:23. 12. Because Christ says, “My father is greater than all,” John 10:29. Is not the father, then greater than the son? 13. Because he affirms, in another connection, and without the least qualification, “My Father is greater than I,” John 14:28 14. Because he virtually denies that he is God, when he exclaims, “Why callest thou me Good? There is none good but one, that is God,” Matt 19:17. 15. Because our Saviour, after having said, “I and my Father are one,” gives his disciples distinctly to understand that he did not mean one substance, equal in power and glory, but one only in affection and design, as clearly appears from the prayer he offers to his Father in their behalf, --“that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us,” John 17:21 16. Because the Father is called the God of Christ as he is the God of Christians. “Jesus saith unto her, ….Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God and your God,” John 20:17. 17. Because an Apostle says of God, in distinction from the “Lord Jesus Christ,” that He is the “only Potentate,” and that He “only hath immortality,” 1 Tim. 6:15, 16. 18. Because it is the express declaration of the same Apostle, that the Father is the one God, and there is none other. “Though there be that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,” 1 Cor. 8:5- 6. 19. Because the power which Christ possessed was, as him affirmed, given to him. “All power is given unto me,” Matt 28:18. 20. Because he positively denies himself to be the author of his miraculous works, but refers them to the Father, or the holy spirit of God. “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works,” John 14:10. “If I cast out devils by the spirit of God,” Matt. 12:28. 21. Because he distinctly states, that these works bear witness, not to his own power, but that the Father had sent him, John 5:36. 22. Because he expressly affirms that the works were done, not in his own, but in his Father’s name, John 10:25. 23. Because he asserts, that “him hath God the Father sealed,” i.e. to God the Father he was indebted for his credentials, John 6:27. 24. Because he declares that he is not the author of his own doctrine. “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me,” John 7:16, 17. 25. Because he represents himself as having been instructed by the Father. “As my Father hath taught me, I speak these things,” John 8:28. 26. Because he refers invariable to the Father as the origin of the authority by which he spoke and acted. “The Father hath given to the Son authority,” John 5:26, 27. 27. Because he acknowledges his dependence on his Heavenly Father for example and direction in all his doings. “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do,” John 5:19. “The Father loveth the Son, and showth him all things that himself doeth” John 5:20. 28. Because he says “I seek not mine own glory; but I honor my Father,” John 8:49, 50. 29. Because he declares, “If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me,” John 8:54. 30. Because an Apostle declares, that Christ dwelt all fullness, because it so pleased the Father, Col. 1:19. 31. Because Christ is uniformly represented in the Scriptures, not as the primary, but the intermediate, cause of all things relating to our salvation. “One God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him,” 1 Cor. 8:6. 32. Because he declares, “I am not come of myself” into the world, “for I proceeded forth and came from God,” John 8:42; 7:28. Jesus knowing… that he came from God, and went to God,” John 13:3. 33. Because he affirms that he had not the disposal of the highest places in his own kingdom. “To sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father,” Matt. 20:23. 34. Because our Saviour, referring his disciples to a future time, when they would understand more accurately concerning him, expressly declares that then they would know him to be entirely dependent upon the Father. “When ye have lifted up the Son of man (i.e. crucified him), then shall ye know that I am he (i.e. the Messiah), and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things," John 8:28. 35. Because our Saviour always professed to have no will of his own, but to be ever entirely guided and governed by the will of his Heavenly Father. “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” John 6:38. 36. Because he expressly denies that he is possessed of Divine attribute of independent existence. “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father,” John 6:57 37. Because he expressly disclaims the possession of the Divine attribute of underived existence. “As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself,” John 5:26. 38. Because he positively denies that he is possessed of the Divine attribute of omnipotence. “I can of mine own self do nothing,” John 5:30. 39. Because he expressly disclaims the possession of the Divine attribute of omniscience. “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but my Father only,” Matt.24:36, Mark 13:32. 40. Because Christ is said in the Scriptures to have been “tempted of the devil,” Matt. 4:1. But “God can not be tempted with evil.” James 1:13. 41. Because it is related of our Saviour, that “he continued all night in prayer to God,” Luke 6:12. Why should Christ thus pray, if he himself were God? 42. Because, in presence of a numerous company before the resurrection, he gave thanks to the Father for having heard him. “Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me, and I knew that thou hearest me always,” John 11:41, 42. 43. Because Jesus besought his Father to glorify him. “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory which I had with thee before the world was,” John 17:5. The one who prayed to God to glorify him, cannot be God. 44. Because he implored that, if it were possible, the bitter cup might pass from him, adding, “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt,” Matt 26:39. 45. Because he said, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matt. 27:46 Can he who uttered this be the Supreme God? 46. Because he never paid his adoration to himself, the Son, nor to the Holy Ghost, as he should have done, had the Son and the Holy Ghost been God; but always to the Father. 47. Because he never instructed his disciples to worship himself or the Holy Ghost, but the Father, and the Father only. “When ye pray, say Our Father which art in heaven,” Luke 11:2. “In that day, ye shall ask me nothing. Whatsoever ye ask of the Father in my name,” John 16:23. “The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him,” John 4:23. 48. Because it was not the practice of the Apostles to pay religious homage to Christ, but to God the Father through Christ. “I thank God through Jesus Christ,” Rom. 7:25. “To God only wise, be glory through Christ,” Rom 16:27. “I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Eph. 3:14. 49. Because St. Peter, immediately after being filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, thus addressed the Jews: “Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles, and wonders, and signs which God did by him, in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain; whom God hath raised up,” Acts 2:22-24. 50. Because St. Paul expressly states, that “all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,” 2 Cor. 5:18. 51. Because the same Apostle gives “thanks to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ,” 1 Cor.15:57. 52. Because it is said that it is “to the glory of God the Father,” that “every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord,” Phil. 2:11. 53. Because the Scriptures affirm that “Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but He (glorified him) who said unto him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee,” Heb. 5:5. 54. Because it is expressly asserted that God gave to Christ the Revelation which was made to the author of the Apocalypse, Rev. 1:1. 55. Because an Apostle speaks of Christ, only as the image of God. “Who is the image of the image of the invisible God,” Col. 1:15. 2 Cor. 4: 4. It would be absurd to call anyone his own image. 56. Because Christ is stated to be “the first-born of every creature,” Col. 1:15. 57. Because he is said to be “the beginning of the creation of God,” Rev. 3: 14. 58. Because the Scriptures affirm, in so many words, that “Jesus was made a little lower than the angels,” Heb. 2:9. Can God become lower than his creatures? 59. Because Peter declares that “Christ received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, this is my beloved son,” 2 Peter 1:17. 60. Because it is represented as necessary that the Saviour of mankind should “be made like unto his brethren,” Heb. 2:17. 61. Because, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Christ is compared with Moses in a manner that would be impious if he were the Supreme God. “For this man (Christ) was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch,” Heb. 3:3. 62. Because he is represented as being the servant, the chosen, the beloved of God, and the recipient of God’s spirit. “Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit upon him,” Matt. 12:18. 63. Because he himself expressly declares that it was in consequence of his doing what pleased the Father, that the Father was with him and did not leave him alone. “He that sent me is with me; the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things that please him,” John 8:29. 64. Because he is said to have “increased in wisdom, and in favor with God and man,” Luke 2:52. 65. Because he speaks of himself as one who had received commands from the Father. “The Father, who sent me, he gave me a commandment,” John 12:49. 66. Because he is represented as obeying the Father, and as having been “obedient unto death,” Phil. 2:8. “Even as the Father said unto me, so I speak,” John 12:50. “I have kept my Father’s commandments,” John 15:10. 67. Because Christ “Learned obedience by the things he suffered,” and through sufferings was made perfect by God, Heb. 5:8. 68. Because he is spoken of in the Scriptures as the first born among many brethren. Rom. 8:29. Has God brethren? 69. Because Christ calls everyone who obeys God his brother. “Whosoever shall do the will of my Father in heaven, the same is my brother,” Matt. 12:50. 70. Because he offers to the faithful the like distinction and honor that himself has with the Father. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am sit down with my Father in his throne,” Rev. 3: 21. 71. Because God, in the later ages, hath spoken by his Son, and appointed him heir of all things, Heb. 1:2. 72. Because Christ is styled the first-begotten of the dead, Rev. 1:5. 73. Because it is declared that God raised him from the dead. “This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses,” Acts 2: 32, Rom. 10:9, 10 74. Because God poured out upon the Apostles the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, Tit. 3:6. 75. Because the reason assigned for the Holy Spirit not having been received earlier, is that Jesus was not then glorified. “The Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified,” John 7:39. 76. Because it is affirmed that Christ was exalted by God to be a Prince and a Saviour, Acts 5:31. 77. Because God made that same Jesus, who was crucified, both Lord and Christ, Acts 2: 36. 78. Because God gave him a name which is above every name, Phil. 2:9. 79. Because Christ was ordained of God to be the judge of the quick and the dead, Acts 10:42. 80. Because God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, Rom. 2:16. 81. Because all judgment is committed to Christ by the Father, John 5:22. 82. Because our Saviour grounds the importance of his judgment solely upon the circumstances, that it is not exclusively his own judgment which he pronounces, but that of the Father who sent him. “If I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me,” John 8:16. 83. Because it is said, that, when he was received up into heaven, he “sat on the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19. 84. Because St. Paul affirms, that Christ, even since his ascension, “liveth unto God,” and “liveth by the power of God,” Rom. 6:10. 2 Cor. 12:4. 85. Because it is affirmed of Christ, that “when all things shall be subdued under him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all,” 1 Cor. 15:28. 86. Because the Apostle John asserts that “no man hath seen God at any time”; which is not true, if Christ were God, John 1:18. 87. Because, in the prophecies of the Old Testament that relate to Christ, he is spoken of as a being distinct from and inferior to God, Deut. 18:15, John 1:45. 88. Because the Jews never expected that any other than a being distinct from and inferior to God was to be their Messiah, and yet there is no evidence that our Saviour ever so much as hinted to them that this expectation was erroneous. 89. Because it does not appear from the Scriptures, that the Jews except in two instances, ever opposed our Saviour on the ground that he pretended to be God or equal with God; whereas, had it been his custom to assume such identity or equality, in his conversation with a people so strongly attached to the doctrine of the divine unity, he would have found himself involved in a perpetual controversy with them on this point, some traces of which must have appeared in the New Testament. 90. Because in these two instances, when charged, in the one case, with making himself God, and in the other, with making himself equal with God, he positively denies the charges. In reply to the charge of assuming to be equal with God, he says immediately, “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do”; and directly after, “I can of mine own self do nothing,” John 5:19, 30. In answer to the charge of making himself God, he appeals to the Jews in substance thus: Your own Scriptures call Moses a god, and your magistrates gods; I am surely not inferior to them, yet I did not call myself God, but only the Son of God, John 10:34-36. 91. Because, had his immediate disciples believe him to be the Almighty, would they have been so familiar with him, have argued with him, betrayed him, denied him, fled from him, and left him to be dragged to the cross? 92. Because the Apostles, after they had been filled with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, did not preach that Christ was God; but preached what was altogether inconsistent with such a doctrine, Acts 2:22; 13:23; 17:3, 31; 22:8. 93. Because there is no evidence to prove that the first converts to Christianity ever incurred the imputation of idolatry from the Jews, as they must have done had they believed and taught that the Son, as well as the Father, is Jehovah; while it is notorious that this imputation has been among the most common of the Jewish reproaches against Christians, since the Trinity became a doctrine of the Church. 94. Because there are in the New Testament seventeen passages, wherein the Father is styled one or only God, while there is not a single passage in which the Son is so styled. 95. Because there are 320 passages in which the Father is absolutely, and by way of eminence, called God; while there is not one in which the Son is thus called. 96. Because there are 105 passages in which the Father is denominated God, with peculiarly high titles and epithets, whereas the Son is not once denominated. 97. Because there are 90 passages wherein it is declared that all prayers and praises ought to be offered to Him, and that everything ought to be ultimately directed to his honor and glory; while of the Son no such declaration is ever made. 98. Because of 1,300 passages in the New Testament wherein the word God is mentioned, not one necessarily implies the existence of more than one person in the Godhead, or that this one is any other than the Father. 99. Because the passages wherein the Son is declared, positively, or by clearest implication, to be subordinate to the Father, deriving his being from Him, receiving from Him his divine power, and acting in all things wholly according to His will, are in number above 300. 100. Because, in a word, the supremacy of the Father, and the inferiority of the Son, is the simple, unembarrassed, and current doctrine of the Bible; whereas, that of their equality or identity is clothed in mystery, encumbered with difficulties, and dependent, at the best, upon few passages for support The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Rank：Diamond Member Score：302150 Posts：4767 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 5:18 AM	Re：Cocunut oil Date Posted：04/27/2017 6:45 PMCopy HTML In Exodus 3-15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Now Obviously it can be stated that the English translation had translators and therefore it was the translators choice to capitalise Exodus 3-14 and not John 8-58 and so can be argued that Jesus is still claiming to be the I AM. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.