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To: Berry Picker who wrote (37950)	7/10/2004 10:07:06 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

"Is their an electronic version of the concordant that people can download or get to on the net?" Yes there is and here is the URL: concordant.org Strong's concordance is, for the most part, an excellent reference. I would agree, however, that Strong sometimes lets his dispensationalist bias influence his entries. We all have biases that influence our thinking and beliefs and need the Holy Spirit and the guidance of Christ's Body to determine our doctrines. It is never the dead letter that brings salvation but rather the live testimony of a member of the living Church. This is why Christ established his Church with clear leadership and teaching authority and gave the Church the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth. Even Paul, with his many profound revelations, defered to the teaching authority of the Church in the 15th chapter of Acts. The reliance on word studies and concordant comparisons alone to establish doctrines is a modern innovation of self-willed and rebellious men and often leads to fruitless cults who end up inventing novel doctrines that separates them from the Body of Christ. We need to maintain a certain humility that recognizes our reliance on God's mercy and grace in being giving the Church and the scriptures and the faith to believe in them. When Christ built his Church and choose the first leaders, he declared that the 'gates of helle would not prevail against it'.

To: Berry Picker who wrote (37950)	7/10/2004 10:23:32 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 39621

"Emile - I do not know how good this "concordant literal new testament" is have you looked into it that much or only think well of it?" Yes, I have studied Knoch's universalist ideas some 30 years ago. I purchased the Concordant Literal New Testament at that time and have used it from time to time to look at its' literal rendering of verses. Knoch's Universalist doctrine contradicts both scripture and traditional orthodox Christian teaching for the last two thousand years. I believe that Knoch's Universalist doctrine was taken from Albert Pike's MORALS AND DOGMA. Pike's work is the bible of freemasonry.

To: Berry Picker who wrote (37950)	7/10/2004 10:56:05 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

A.E. Knoch denied that Jesus is God-- On page 130 of Knoch's ALL IN ALL, THE GOAL OF THE UNIVERSE he writes: "That, despite His supernal dignities, the disposition of Christ was one of love and compassion, and utterly lacking in selfishness and pride, is shown by His self-abasement. He empties Himself. What this means is clearly indicated by the change in form. He was not God and He did not become a slave. But He had God's form, yet He took a slave's form." Knoch admits that Jesus Christ is not God. This is purely the spirit of antichrist. John 5:23 That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 1John 2:23 "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:..." A.E. Knoch is the father of modern Universalism--the doctrine that all will eventually be saved.