@Proclaimer: I do not.  I have tried for almost 30 years to find clear evidence of “three persons in the Godhead” from Scripture, and it simply isn’t there.  Not a single verse proclaims this “essential truth”.  It is a framework extrapolated from Scripture, constructed over 300+years of debate and speculation on the nature of Christ, and was ul…[Read more]

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Without reading your website, please answer this question.

Do you believe God is a triune being?

Yes / No / Don’t know.

Hi DD,

You: Hi Carmel,

Acts 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the HOLY SPIRIT…

Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and POWER, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Enough said…

God bless

Acts 6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reput…[Read more]

Check out this link for a different perspective than the “standard response.”. https://socraticchristianity.com/books/testing-the-trinity/the-word-of-god/

Rather than post a long reply here, I’ve attempted to answer this question here: https://socraticchristianity.com/books/testing-the-trinity/the-word-of-god/. (In the spirit of full disclosure, I find the doctrine of the Trinity to be…lacking, in both substance and logic.).

Hi Jodi,

You: Carmel, it’s just absolute foolishness, pure idiotic mythology to tell me that Jesus was being tempted by some wicked fallen angel in the wilderness.

Me: I was very surprised and disappointed to read this comment.
The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is a real person.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to p…[Read more]

Isa.53
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with…[Read more]

Gene

Having the Spirit does not automatically mean performing miracles.
And furthermore, there is a season for everything, and for Jesus this was evident after his baptism for his public ministry.

But God’s purpose through Jesus was/is to be the one who takes away the sin of the world by preaching the good news of the kingdom of God.

Luke…[Read more]

To All,

Carmel: AT THE RIVER JORDAN JESUS WAS ONLY REVEALED OFFICIALLY WHO HE WAS FOR THE FIRST EVER TIME, AND THE SPIRIT ASCENDED ONLY AS A SIGN IN ISRAEL

ME: What he has said above is a complete falsehood that goes against direct text, it is against the very clear word of God.
At the river Jordan the Spirit descended and CAME TO ABODE UPON…[Read more]

Berean and Carmel……….if Jesus was born filled with the Holy Spirit in him at birth, then why is there not a single miracle recorded in our scriptures by him doing “UNTIL AFTER” he was baptized and sent into the wilderness?  If he was as you people say, “born filled with it”,  then why no miracles recorded being done through him, before he receive…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

I just want to say for now that the text does not say that Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit the moment he came out of the water.

I am wrong ?

Me: YOU ARE PERFECTLY

RIGHT!

THE SPIRIT WAS FULL IN JESUS FROM HIS CONCEPTION AS A HUMAN BEING!

AT THE RIVER JORDAN JESUS WAS ONLY REVEALED OFFICIALLY WHO HE WAS FOR THE FIRST EVER…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

The text of Luke 3 and 4 tell us that at the river Jordan Jesus was baptized and was praying and then the heavens opened up where the Holy Spirit descended in bodily shape like a dove upon him AND that he left the river Jordan “full of the Holy Spirit”.

The Holy Spirit descended upon him at the river Jordan and he left the river…[Read more]

Hi Jodi

You to Carmel

Why do you continue to ignore that Jesus left the river Jordan having been filled with the Spirit?

Me

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting 👉upon him:
And lo a voice from heaven,…[Read more]

Hi Carmel,

I thought you had acknowledged that having the power of the Spirit goes without saying when one has been filled with the Spirit?

Zechariah had been filled with the Spirit to then give prophecy, where it is simply understood and thus goes without saying, he thus had received the power of the Spirit to be able to give the prophecy. It…[Read more]

Hi Carmel,

Acts 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the HOLY SPIRIT…

Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and POWER, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Enough said…

God bless

Jodi……I agree with Danny, “Amen to your post”.

John said, “hereby” (this is how we know ) the Spirit or,  (mind of truth) from the Spirit of or,  (mind of error), by the Spirit (mind of truth) which he (God) has given us’.

peace and love to you and your Jodi……..gene

Hi Jodi,

You: Hi Carmel,

As I said before, pay attention to the context.

ME: WHAT CONTEXT?

Read again the scripture:

Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT into Galilee:

 and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

READING THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE, FOR THE FIRST-EVER TIME,

IT CLEARLY SAYS THE MOST VI…[Read more]

Hi to all

Landmark Ruling: The Vatican Officially Authorizes Priests to Begin Blessing Same-Sex Couples

The movement to force immorality upon the entire world and the church has begun. We are witnessing the complete cancellation of the moral law. The man of sin is doing what he does best—pressuring everyone to live in lawlessness. Pope Francis i…[Read more]

AMEN to your last post, Jodi.

God bless

Hi Carmel,

You: ONLY JESUS RECEIVED ALL THE ABOVE BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE, BUT NOT INCESSANTLY POSSESSED!

ME: There exists no scriptural support for what you have stated what so ever. You continually add into scripture what is not there and turn the bible into a book of nonsense.

As said before there exists no scripture that…[Read more]