Alright, ppl have been questioning why I'm a Christian or how I could be a Christian if I have so many disputes with the Bible. Here are my reasons for supporting the bodily resurrection theory.
doesn't seem too logical to agree with GroupA's account about PersonX rising from the dead, then discount everything GroupA claims PersonX taught....but that is exactly what you are doing when you accept the resurrection yet reject the New Testament.
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John is likely the early 90's as roots of gnosticism can be seen in words such as light and dark.
Please tell me you're making this up just to bother me and don’t really believe a word you write, for according to your logic, Genesis has its roots in Gnosticism:
Gen 1: 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the
light from the darkness.
John was simply alluding to Gen 1:3 in that God brought Jesus into the world in order to provide light (truth) to the world.
2Sam 22:29 “the LORD turns my darkness into light.”
Ecclesiastes 2:13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
Isa 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
Acts 26:18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Romans 2:19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,
Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
Here is a perfect example of using Gen 1:3 to compare with the light of Christ:
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
1 Thessalonians 5:5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
2 Peter 1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
