Matthew 28:19

[gbausc]

Shlama Paul,

I never said "Don't compare other books".
What I did show, I think , is that Shem Tob is a heavily biased and edited manuscript that takes out all references to Jesus as The Messiah and apparently makes John The Baptist out to be greater than Jesus.
Such a witness is completely untrustworthy.Any differences from the traditional would be immediately suspect as due to deliberate tampering. Such mss. can be produced by the scores, but are not worth the ink they were written with.

And if you think The Holy Spirit is not about debate or conflict, you are missing the point entirely. We happen to be discussing The Holy Spirit, of Whom Jesus said, "Whoever shall blaspheme The Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, neither in this world, nor in the world to come." That is found in Matthew, Mark and Luke.

One cannot blaspheme a thing, only a person. "Blaspheme" means "insult". Our Lord made a distinction between blasphemy against Himself and God and that which is against The Holy Spirit. Have you not read this ?

How can you be serious about God and be so presumptious as to say The Holy Spirit is not a Living and Divine Being ? Have you studied all the scriptures on the subject ?

It seems to me you take extreme risks with your soul and with The Person of God.

If you seek truth as you say, you should be more careful and inquiring in this matter. So many people are spiritually blinded and misled by the enemy of souls.

I cannot believe this is a trivial matter to God our Father or to God The Son. And certainly, The Holy Spirit has very strong feelings about what people believe concerning Him.

"Contend earnestly for the faith, once delivered to the saints." Jude 1:3
There is a command to contend, inspired by The Holy Spirit.
I will contend in His cause and for the sake of a soul.

May God richly bless you, brother Paul.

Dave