If you can take the time to find a quote from one thread then you can take the time to find all the discussions concerning Christ's nature. However:
1. These verses in Philippians are very important to Trinitarian doctrine (although they have also caused division among Trinitarians) and they must be dealt with thoroughly. There are several arguments wrapped into these two verses, and we will deal with them point by point. First, many Trinitarians assert that the word “form,” which is the Greek word morphe, refers to Christ’s inner nature as God. This is so strongly asserted that in verse 6 the NIV has, “being in very nature God.” We do not believe that morphe refers to an “inner essential nature,” and we will give evidence that it refers to an outer form. Different lexicons have opposing viewpoints about the definition of morphe, to such a degree that we can think of no other word defined by the lexicons in such contradictory ways. We will give definitions from lexicons that take both positions, to show the differences between them.
http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/module ... ge&pid=127
Now since you have referred to the Biblical Unitarian Internet site in more than one of your posts why ask for information you already have? Furthermore if you took the time to check definitions of Greek words, a practice you have denigrated, you will find this:
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morfee, morfees, hee
the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision; the external appearance: Philippians 2:6
(from Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 2000 by Biblesoft)
I believe I have also linked to
Restoration Fellowship on threads you have responded to.
In John 5 Jesus is very clear as to how the Father administers His grace. God's grace requires:
1) Believing Him (the Father) who sent him (Jesus).
2) Hearing what Jesus said.
The scribes and Pharisees heard what Jesus said however Jesus called them hypocrites and white washed tombs because they did not believe the Father because they were bound by their traditions.
Matthew 23:15
15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. NAS
If you are going to appeal to Paul at least put his words in context. Appealing to rhetorical statements and truncating what he wrote only shows how desperate you are. Paul wrote:
1st Corinthians 7:8-16
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn. 10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11(but if she does leave, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not send his wife away. 12 But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, let her not send her husband away. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? NAS
The Lord Jesus addressed divorce and remarriage twice in Matthew.
Matthew 5:30-32
31 "And it was said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce'; 32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Matthew 19:7-12
7 They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?" 8 He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart, Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." 10 The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry." 11 But He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 "For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it." NAS
Paul expressed an opinion that contradicted the Lord's teaching just as Moses allowed divorce because of the hardness of men's hearts. So how do you get that Paul had permission to contravene the Lord from what he wrote?
I probably did mention that, but I cannot recall. Even if I did mention it, it was not to support gay bashing. Homosexuals are no worse sinners than heterosexuals. However, unless they repent, God will punish them both.
The same is true for Christians who ignore God in order to justify a man made doctrine. However, you were trying to justify using Christian doctrine against those who reject Christianity while on this thread you are trying to justify a false doctrine. It is the Father who transfers those who believe His truth into the Kingdom of His beloved son, not the doctrines developed by men who decided Jesus is God. Jesus was given all authority in heaven on on earth to enforce God's truth, not contravene God's truth. The Lord will judge the world based on God's righteous truth, not man's traditions.
Colossians 1:9-14
9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. NAS
BTW, Paul was not lukewarm and was adamant that the Father is the only true God.
1st Corinthians 8:5-6
5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. NAS
Romans 15:6
6 that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 15:6
6 that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2nd Corinthians 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; NAS
Ephesians 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, NAS
Colossians 1:3
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, NAS
As was Peter:
1st Peter 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, NAS
As was the Lord:
Mark 12:29-31
29 Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' 31 "The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." NAS
John 17:3
3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
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John 20:17
17 Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren, and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"
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As to those in Laodicea, it is the rich that have imposed false doctrines on the church and have tried (successfully and unsuccessfully) to impose Christian doctrine on non-Christians (Crusades, Inquisitions, and etc.) since the 4th century.
Now, you have danced around all the Scriptures I posted, which is always the case with those who are either lukewarm or put tradition above God's truth.