Quote (Not3in1 @ May 22 2007,10:53)94,Thank you for your post.  I confess, I've been a bit depressed over this thread.  I don't usually give in to depression, but for some reason I've been wondering if what happened to me was God's will, and that just breaks my heart and makes me cry.  Hi Not3inOne:God loves you and so do I and I am praying th…[Read more]

Quote (chosenone @ May 22 2007,07:30)1 Samual 16:14…and an evil spirit from Yahweh frightened Him (Saul).Blessings.Hi Chosenone:My understanding about Saul in this case is that he was  being punished because of disobedience, and also, many times God allowed Israel's enemies to overtake them because of disobedience.  His purpose in allowing t…[Read more]

Hi Olive:I was raised Catholic and I have several family members who are Catholic, and so, I know of their deep deception.  They are loyal to the Pope.I believe that the best way to bring them out of Babylonia is to pray that God will do all in his power to save them, and then to live your life as an example so that they can see the love of God…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,11:00)Hi 94, Colossians 1:16For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities– all things have been created through Him and for Him.Hebrews 1:2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of…[Read more]

Hi All:Thanks for sharing your your experiences and the trials of your faith with me.  I have shared my personal testimony under that thread.The scripture states that as Jesus was in this world so are those who are his disciples, and we know he things that he suffered in our behalf.  The scripture states that all who live Godly in Christ Jesus w…[Read more]

Hi Nick:You say:Hi 94,Sure. And they were created through THE unique firstborn Son of God.But the following scriptures say “by him” and “by whom” and not “through him”.John 1:3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Col 1:16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,07:54)Quote (942767 @ May 21 2007,07:48)Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,07:22)Quote (942767 @ May 21 2007,06:36)Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,06:19)Hi 94, If I have an idea, a thought or a plan then that is all it remains as. However if I give expression to such an idea or plan or thought then it exists. If you…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,07:22)Quote (942767 @ May 21 2007,06:36)Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,06:19)Hi 94, If I have an idea, a thought or a plan then that is all it remains as. However if I give expression to such an idea or plan or thought then it exists. If you design a car and then have it built then that car becomes the embodiment…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 21 2007,06:19)Hi 94, If I have an idea, a thought or a plan then that is all it remains as. However if I give expression to such an idea or plan or thought then it exists. If you design a car and then have it built then that car becomes the embodiment of your design.It exists with you.The Word was with God.The Word was…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 20 2007,07:18)Quote (942767 @ May 20 2007,03:22)John 1      1:1In the beginning was the Word (Logos, from Strong's Concordance: “embodies a conception or idea” and the Word(Logos) was with God(these two parts of the verse just indicate that God had and idea or a plan), and the Word was God(and whatever the idea, it was Th…[Read more]

Hi Unisage:I have a personal testimony to relate to you relative to tithing.  The pastor of the church that I was attending taught that every one of the members should tithe.  Well, I thought that she was wrong in teaching this because of the following scripture: 2 Co. 8:11Now * * therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness t…[Read more]

John 1      1:1In the beginning was the Word (Logos, from Strong's Concordance: “embodies a conception or idea” and the Word(Logos) was with God(these two parts of the verse just indicate that God had and idea or a plan), and the Word was God(and whatever the idea, it was Theos (God)).The question here is what was the idea?  And it is exp…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ May 19 2007,19:54)Quote (Not3in1 @ May 19 2007,18:47)What is ambiguous about my answer?Well it's ambiguous because I still have no clue what your “companionship” with Yeshua is based on. How can you have any kind of relationship with someone when there is no communicative interaction?Hi All:The way that I have that relationship…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,15:02)Hi 94, Note that only those who HEAR are raised in the first resurrection because they know the voice of the Shepherd and are yet alive in the Spirit.ALL are raised 1000 years later.Rev 20″12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,14:46)Hi 94Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Hi Nick:You see that as physical death, and I see that as spiritual death. Eze 18:20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,13:51)Hi 94, The verses you show encompass the two resurrections. FirstSecondThe second involves ALL MEN. But you take it on yourself to say Adam will not be raised and face judgement?No Nick:You are the one who is taking upon himself to say the second resurrection involves all men.  Where is that written?  I h…[Read more]

Hi Nick: What is written relative to Adam is: Gen 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;  3:18Thorns also and thistles…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,11:43)Hi 94,So for all men who die without repentance is there no resurrection?Jn 5″ 28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,10:54)Hi 94, You have shown that all men suffer the same consequences that Adam did, thus showing we are no different to him, and that also he has no different eternal fate to other men and awaits the same resurrection that all men await.Ok Nick:If that is what you want to believe, then that is your prerogative,…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 18 2007,08:56)Hi 94, So you do not say Adam is an exception who will not be resurrected with the possibility of finding mercy?Hi Nick:I don't know how many ways I can tell you other than what I have already written.  Those who repent and are reconciled to God in this life will find mercy and those who do not will not have…[Read more]