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The people you mentioned reject the idea of God in 3 persons...that does not, to me, mean that they believe in Him as they do not believe in all of Him.

Precisely the problem Pilgrim was pointing out, for the passage does not define the Trinity nor the necessity of believing trinitarian doctrine, now does it? All of those groups acknowledge that "Jesus is Lord" and believe that "God raised him from the dead."

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I doubt the demons called upon the name of the Lord for help and guidance.

But the passage you quote says nothing about calling on the name of Christ "for help and guidance," it is only confessing him to be Lord and believing that God raised Him from the dead. The demons do both -- in fact they know undoubtedly that Jesus is Lord and was raised from the dead.

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My Jehovah's Witness friend would disagree with you. He, like all JWs I know, deny that Jesus is God.

But Jehovah's Witnesses don't deny that Jesus is Lord, only that He is God. Which is why, as Pilgrim mentioned, it is important to understand Scripture as a whole, compared with itself.


Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.