Hi Lutero,
I am sincerely proud of God’s deity being given honour, magnified, exalted and Glorified in the KJV in comparison to other translations.

I believe most Bibles are written by men of good faith. And all attempt to be faithful to the Word of God. So, I believe they all honor, magnify, exalt and glorify God equally.

This is important. Psalm 138:2 – “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name”.

Beautiful passage. The equivalent in the Douay says:
: [2] I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

Note how confusedly the KJV says, “thou has magnified thy word above all thy name”. Do we really honor His Word above His Name?

Whereas the Douay so eloquently says, “thou has magnified thy holy name above all”. Because God’s name is so holy that the Jews would not even pronounce it. His name is above all.

I also do believe that John 17:17 is the foundation of Sola scripture.

In spite of the fact that it says nothing about Sola Scriptura and the Bible tells you elsewhere to hear the Church (Matt 18:17), submit to the Priests (Heb 13:17), hold tradition (2 Thess 2:15), and that the Word of God is passed down by Word (Heb 13:7; 1 Thess 2:13). In spite of all that, you hold to a tradition of men which contradicts the Word of God in Scripture.

Sincerely,

De Maria

Carbon copies of God?

Lutero says:

we shall be like him doesn’t imply we will be carbon copies of God.

Did I say we would be carbon copies of God? If I didn’t say it, why do you pretend that I did. I simply reiterated what Scripture says. And you have confirmed that it does say what I quoted.

It simply means those who only abide in the Word of God after being made the sons of God (John 1:12) will possess certain attributes that are of God. Like glorified bodies, absolute and perfect holiness. etc.

And life:

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

And that means that they will be aware of us here on earth.

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

So then also the Gospel of Jesus Christ also came via the 12 Apostles who laid down their lives courageously. Through instructions from Jesus they went to the uttermost parts of the earth. Which means also we received the conveying grace through them.

But if Jesus had not first come through Mary, there would be no Jesus and no Apostles.

Sincerely,

De Maria