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 sins, we shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.Marty,You have helped…[Read more]

Hi thethinker:You say:Quote First, baptism is NOT a requirement in the new covenant age. Please give me the sriptures which state this.Thanks

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Feb. 01 2009,16:12)942767. …. your obedience to anything coming from yourself will not get you anything with God, We must be (CREATED) Righteous by GOD HIMSELF without any help from us. “for it is God who (WORKS) in you (BOTH) to WILL and DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE”. WE are transformed by GOD Himself and GOD himself gets (ALL)…[Read more]

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.Thanks

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 01 2009,14:49)Hi 94, Rebirth following Jesus involves submission to water baptism.Seek ye first the kingdom and everything else will be added to you.Hi NIck: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…[Read more]

Hi LU:Quote 25 “Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 26 ” Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. 27 “But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. 28 “The children of Your servants will…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 01 2009,14:07)Hi 94, So we need not obey?Hi Nick:We don't need to do anything that we do not want to do. As born again Christians, we obey because we love God and we love humanity and want the very best that God has to offer for them.But,Quote And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 1Jo 2:4…[Read more]

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 homeschooling my son and we were reviewing creation, I asked him what…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Jan. 31 2009,20:59)942767 said:Quote You mean building on the foundation like wood, hay and stubble?Hi Marty,Paul explicitly said that we are to build upon the foundation with gold and precious jewels. These represent God's new covenant principles. The wood, hay and stubble are the things of the old covenant. Baptisms belong to…[Read more]

Hi Gene:You say:Quote but God's Spirit (INTELLECT) is in all things that have life,Please show me how you arrived at this conclusion.  Are you saying that God's Holy Spirit is His intellect and His Holy Spirit is in all things that have life?This is what I mean by your soul being dead to God if you have not been reconciled to him.Quote Col 2:13…[Read more]

Hi thethinker:Neither those under the Law of Moses nor we are saved by works because we even while we are obeying God's commandments we make mistakes.  Under the law of Moses, the sinner offered the blood of an animal to atone for their sins, and once a year on the day of atonement the High priest went into the holy of holies with blood for his…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Jan. 30 2009,15:19)942767………..And what gives the cells there intellect to reproduce and mend , Blood indeed carries life through out the body , but God gives them the ability to work and sustain life and if He were to with draw His spirit they would cease to function and you would die. Read Ezekiel and the valley of…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Jan. 31 2009,11:36)Seeking said:Quote The most widely accepted dating for the book of James isAD 50-60.This is not possible for two reasons. First, James gives no explanation of the death of Christ which would have been very strange if it was written so late. Second, James would have been contradicting Paul if it was written so…[Read more]

Hi LU:You say:Quote Hi Marty,Do you not think it possible to change body forms?  To go from a heavenly body to an earthly body?We are hoping to change from an earthly body to a heavenly body.  While in our new heavenly body we will be able to say that we existed in a time before we had that heavenly body if we have access to that memory.  We ex…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Jan. 31 2009,10:45)Martian said:Quote I answered your question about YHWH meaning He exists. You posted opinion that it means “I will become” in such a way as to mean it exclusively. I posted sources that said in general it means He exists. Again opinion versus sources.Make up your mind Martian. Did YHWH say “I exist”, or did…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ Jan. 30 2009,11:12)Quote (thethinker @ Jan. 29 2009,19:35)942767 said:Quote Scripture must be line upon line an precept upon precept.  Too often we Christians have a tendency to form an opinion based on one scripture rather than understanding the whole of what the scriptures state:Jesus stated this in the scriptures which you…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Jan. 30 2009,11:39)942767……….God uphold (ALL) things by His Spirit If he were to retract all things would die. You as Well as Nic do not understand what (SPIRIT) yet. SPIRIT is (INTELLECT) if all intellect is gathered back to GOD all DIE. It's Just that simple. When a man dies His Spirit or intellect, returns back to…[Read more]

Hi thethinker;Everyone who is saved both OT and NT is saved by Faith.  This faith is manifest through the works of obedience to God.  Baptism is an act of obedience to God.  It shows that you have believed and have repented.  Does that mean that we are saved by works.  No it does not because without the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from our sins…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Jan. 30 2009,12:05)942767……….Well thin I guess you better kiss your ?? good by,  because you still sin even though you know it, right. O but I forgot you and Nick are exception to the rest of man kind right. Pure hog wash! All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God , there is  (non) righteous no Not (ONE).  …[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Jan. 30 2009,10:22)To ALL……….what makes you think if a person sins that means He has fallen away, where is that said in scripture?peace and love to all………………………………..geneHi Gene:Practicing sin wilfully without repenting after one has received knowledge of the truth is what I meant by my post, and…[Read more]