Quote (Lightenup @ Feb. 04 2009,17:37)Hi Marty,Quote Hi LU:I have no doubt that God has spoken to you in answer to your prayer about the “the Firstborn of Creation”, but I believe that you have misunderstood what He was saying to you.  Our Father & God has said:Quote  Jam 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all l…[Read more]

Hi Nick:You say:Quote But during the millenium earthly Jerusalem shall be thr throne of the new david, King Jesus.I need to study this some more. At the present time, I can't agree with this statement, but you may be right.

Quote (meerkat @ Feb. 04 2009,14:23)Quote (david @ Feb. 04 2009,13:46)MATTHEW 28:19-20“Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, BAPTIZING THEM in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the c…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 04 2009,11:44)Epistemaniac said:Quote faith precedes regenerationI disagree. Men are regenerated from the womb (Galatians 4:21-30).thinkerHi thethinker:And so, in what way do the scriptures that you quote from Galatians state that we are regenerated from the womb?Marty

Quote (david @ Feb. 04 2009,11:06)And how does heavenly Jerusalem above fit into this?It is the city that is set on a hill. It is not the Jerusalem of this world which is in bondage with her children.

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Feb. 04 2009,13:05)942767……….. Where did GOD the FATHER tell me to be water baptized. John said I indeed baptize with WATER, (BUT) he who cames after Me will Baptize with Fire and Spirit, thats the Baptism i believe in. How is that, not following GOD'S Will. John even said to Jesus i have of being Baptized by YOU. Do…[Read more]

Hi MK:You quote the following from Ephesians:Quote We are told there is one Lord, one baptism (and I like the spiritual one thanks) Eph 4:5 And from 1 John:Quote 1Jo 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 1Jo 5:8…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 04 2009,11:20)Marty said:Quote You are not in right standing with the Father if you are wilfully disobeying his commandments.Marty,This is a bold statement you make. Jesus said that the true worshiper worships the Father in the spirit:Quote But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 04 2009,09:38)Seeking said:Quote Reading nothing into the text and simply letting the facts speak for themselves, I conclude that baptism was not primary to Paul's preaching of the gospel, as he stated. It should not be primary to us.  Nevertheless, Paul obviously included thepractice of baptism into Christ in his…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Feb. 04 2009,10:28)942767………water makes you wet, the Spirit of GOD we received From Jesus make us right with the FATHER. Now what would you rather be wet or right with the FATHER. Just that simple. IMOpeace…………………geneHi Gene:You are not in right standing with the Father if you are wilfully disobeying his…[Read more]

Hi thethinker:And so, are you saying that the Apostle Paul did not baptize people in water because he made the following statement:Quote 1Cr 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 1Cr 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1Cr 1:15 Lest any should say that I had…[Read more]

Hi Thethinker and Meerkat:When was the epistle of 1 John written?Here is a reference to water baptism in this epistle. If I am not mistaken, it is believed that it was written after 70AD>Quote 1Jo 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. Meerkat water baptism an…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 03 2009,16:20)Hi 94, Mt2751and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, Hebrews 10:19-21 19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,…[Read more]

Quote (meerkat @ Feb. 03 2009,11:57)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 03 2009,13:33)Quote (meerkat @ Feb. 03 2009,10:16)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 03 2009,11:45)Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 01 2009,21:38)Marty said:Quote Yes, God has made a promise that if we believe his testimony regarding what he has done for us in the person of His Son and His Christ, and we repent…[Read more]

Hi Meerkat:As Christians we do keep the Law, the Ten Commandments, through the law of liberty which is the law of love.Quote Rom 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 03 2009,11:43)Marty wrote:Quote  Cornelius received the Holy Ghost the instant they believed.  We are saved by Faith, but faith without works is dead. Marty, Cornelius believed at least four days before he received the Holy Spirit. He told Peter,Quote  Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I pr…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Feb. 01 2009,17:09)Quote (942767 @ Jan. 31 2009,22:08)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 01 2009,10:04)Hi LU, You said in another thread”Hi Martian,My stance on the “Light” of day one being the Son of God is a theory of which I developed after asking God what “Firstborn of all creation” meant.  During that quest, one day when I was…[Read more]

Quote (meerkat @ Feb. 03 2009,10:16)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 03 2009,11:45)Quote (thethinker @ Feb. 01 2009,21:38)Marty said:Quote Yes, God has made a promise that if we believe his testimony regarding what he has done for us in the person of His Son and His Christ, and we repent and are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of our…[Read more]

Quote (Jodi @ Feb. 03 2009,10:23)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 02 2009,14:12)Hi Jodi:You say:Quote The word of God tells us that GOD SAVED Jesus, that GOD kept Jesus from sin. Please give me the scriptures to which you are referring.ThanksHi 94,  here is my understanding, 2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself…[Read more]

Quote (meerkat @ Feb. 02 2009,07:29)Quote (Lightenup @ Feb. 01 2009,18:17)Marty, I do not think you know the “I” and “me” that I am asking you to identify.  Let me try to make it clearer.  Who is the “I” and the “me” referred to in verse 16?Isa 48:12-16″Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the l…[Read more]