Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,15:23)Hi 94,The Words of God spoken by Jesus are of the Spirit of God. Feeding on them gives us grace and life.Man cannot live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.Hi Nick:I totally agree.  The life of the flesh is in the blood.  Without the blood the flesh dies, and without oxygen, f…[Read more]

Hi Nick:You ask:Quote You say the spirit of the Son is of his works of obedience?Was not the Word given the Son from the Spirit of God too?Yes, but the Father and the Son are two distinct individuals..  It is the Father who has taught the Son, and it is the Son who has become like the Father by putting into practice what God has taught him.

Hi Nick: (I appologize for posting this twice)You say:Quote faith produces works.just as spirit gives life.But spirit is not works. If spirit is not works then what did Jesus mean?  When he said:Quote John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth(gives life); the flesh * * profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they…[Read more]

Hi Nick:You say:Quote faith produces works.just as spirit gives life.But spirit is not works. If spirit is not works then what did Jesus mean?  When he said:Quote John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth(gives life); the flesh * * profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit(how are the words that he speaks to us spirit),…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,14:05)Hi 94,So Christ is alive in his own spirit and not the Spirit of God given to him?So the Spirit of God is divided and he is not one with God in that Spirit?We too are not united with God in Christ in the unity of the Spirit of God?Hi Nick:Quote 2Jo 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,14:07)Hi 94, So the words of Jesus are spirit and life to us.I agree and we must feed hungrily on this bread.But what has that to do with our spirit BEING works?Hi Nick:Why are you feeding on God's Word, is it just to obtain knowledge or to put what you learn into practice?If you are preaching the Word of God, and…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,13:47)Hi 94, You say”Our spirit should be the works of obedience to God's Word. “Where does scripture speak of man's spirit in this way?Hi Nick:Quote Joh 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh * * profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,12:50)Hi 94 You say”The last man became a life giving spirit.  It in this spirit (the Word of God that came to humanity through Jesus) and the blood of Jesus that a man's soul is alive to God.  In this spirit, he has a personal relationship with God.”But the spirit of Jesus, the man from heaven, left him at C…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,13:07)Hi 94,If it is true for Christ that his spirit did not return to God is that also true for those who follow him?Hi Nick:You say: “If it is ture for Christ that his spirit did not return to God…”My understanding was that his spirit went to God when he died, and it also true for us when we die.  If we die…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 14 2008,11:45)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 14 2008,11:22)Hi David:One more thought that has come to mind and that is God made man in His own image.  The first man was made a living soul with a mind, a free will, and emotions.  The last Adam, who is Jesus, was made a life giving spirit.  It is this spirit that gives life to the so…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Feb. 14 2008,11:32)Quote Jesus, was made a life giving spirit. Agreed.Hi David, I am glad that you agree, since this is what God has said, and if what I have given you through the scriptures that I have quoted, are coming from God, should you not also agree to what is being said to you by God through those scriptures.   You seem to…[Read more]

Hi David:One more thought that has come to mind and that is God made man in His own image.  The first man was made a living soul with a mind, a free will, and emotions.  The last Adam, who is Jesus, was made a life giving spirit.  It is this spirit that gives life to the soul.  The last Adam, is given a spiritual body.  He is still a man, but is n…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Feb. 14 2008,08:11)Quote 1Jo 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.Quote Of course, God is not a man and is invisible.  No one has seen him nor will ever see him as the word “invisible” means…[Read more]

Quote (Cato @ Feb. 12 2008,02:50)Premise:  Most Christians do not believe in or are silent on pre-existence of human souls.  Souls come about at conception or sometime after this, but before actual birth.  Then during it's life it is given an opportunity to know and believe in Jesus  Christ as son of God, and based on this belief and perhaps a les…[Read more]

Quote (Samuel @ Feb. 13 2008,12:41)All my life I have had very lucid dreams.I still have them.I had one just recently that I was preaching and I had this paranoid feeling as if people were not believing what I was saying.I'm not even a preacher.And, then I seen this box and it was empty…then I woke up.Not sure what the meaning of all this is…[Read more]

Quote 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  5:15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.  

Hi David:What about the following scripture?Quote 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Also, if he is a spirit, then he is invisible, is that what you are saying?What about the following scripture?Quote Re 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Feb. 11 2008,09:58)Quote What would you say is the tabernacle of God?94, I do not doubt that God will “be with” his people or 'dwell' with them.(Rev 21:2,3)But I think Nick is of the impression that God will be walking around and you'll see him there, sitting on a throne on earth.  The earth is his footstool.  The heavens are his t…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 11 2008,09:25)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 11 2008,09:16)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 11 2008,09:00)Hi 94, Some are saved through the tribulation.God uses that suffering as a crucible to rescue more of His people.Revelation 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Feb. 11 2008,09:26)2 CHRONICLES 6:18““But will God truly dwell with mankind upon the earth? Look! Heaven, yes, the heaven of the heavens themselves, cannot contain you; how much less, then, this house that I have built?”Hi David:Quote Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,…[Read more]