Hi Nick:And so, where do you think the soul of man is when a person's body deteriorates. Some people are cremated. Where the soul?The soul is the mind, the will, and emotions. The scripture states that “the soul that sinneth shall die”, and Matthew 10, which you quoted, states that God will destroy both body and soul in hell, and that hardly…[Read more]

Hi Nick:Relative to God destroying the body and soul in hell, that is surely true, and will be the case when Jesus comes for the church for all that have died in sin in the NT times, and those who are alive and in sin at his coming. Judgement is delayed in NT times until Jesus called the “last day” (Jhn 12).Love in Christ,Marty

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 08 2014,05:09)Hi 94,You seemed to say Ecc 12 meant the Holy Spirit left man at death. But those verses apply to all men. How?The soul vessel of a man does not deteriorate.Hi Nick:All men have a spirit, and therefore, Ecc 12 applies to all men, but not all men have the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of God our Father.Love…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 07 2014,07:29)Hi 94, If ecc 12 applies to all men then you say all men have the HOLY SPIRIT?Hi Nick:Did I say the the Holy Spirit dwells in all men? How can the Holy Spirit leave someone who has never had it?But how can the Holy Spirit dwell in a dead man whose body has deteriorated? This applies to those who had the…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 06 2014,00:25)Marty……….  All died within a 1000 year period, because that is what a day to God is, according to Peter. Notice also what shall be quickened a “MORTAL” (dead) “BODY”, says nothing about a MORTAL SPIRIT, why because the Spirit does not die , it just does not function without a BODY to be “IN”.   A r…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,15:35)hi 94, We follow the Lord. The Spirit DWELLS in the sons of God and will raise themRomans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.Hi Nick:When you were born…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,15:22)Quote (942767 @ May 05 2014,13:39)Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,13:17)Hi 94, They died physically within a DAY. No spiritual death is recordedYes, Nick, it is recorded.  What we are speaking of is a second and final separation from God.  All of us have sinned and were spiritually dead in our trespasses.  …[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ May 06 2014,00:56)MARTYTOPIC;Why did God create man, and the scriptures tell us why.JER 27:5 “ I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.ISA 45:12 “It is I who made the earth, and cre…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,13:56)Hi 94, You say”There will be those who are alive but dead in their sins, spirtually separated from God, when Jesus comes for the church.  They will be judged by the seven last plagues.  That is their second death or eternal separation from God.” No the second death IS the lake of firerev 20.14And so,Quote Reve…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,13:53)hi 94, 10.Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;This is prophetic.You have been saved from the second deathYes, Nick:I am saved from the second death or spiriitual separation God because Jesus has paid the price for the judgment that was against me.Love in Christ,Marty

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,14:05)Hi 94, So you must be reborn into Christ. You must then know the voice of the Spirit. Then you must walk in alignment with the teaching.The sons of God are not condemned. They are cleansed by the sprinkling of the bloodTrue.We are washed in the blood of the lamb when we are born again from the dead?True…[Read more]

Yes, Nick:Quote I trust in His Word:Romans 8King James Version (KJV)8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak…[Read more]

Hi Nick:This is what the Lord stated:Quote Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.28 Likewise also as it was in the days of…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,13:17)Hi 94, They died physically within a DAY. No spiritual death is recordedYes, Nick, it is recorded. What we are speaking of is a second and final separation from God. All of us have sinned and were spiritually dead in our trespasses. This is the first death or spiritual separation. From this death, we can…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,12:35)hi 94, Repentance is the start but men must obey the command to be reborn of water and the Spirit.Gen 1923 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.  24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;  25 and he overthrew those cities, and a…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,12:36)Hi 94, No exceptions Jude is propheticHi Nick:So, Sodom and Gommorah have not yet suffered the vengeance of eternal fire?Jude is prophetic?Jude is also scriptural.Love in Christ,Marty

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,12:35)hi 94, Repentance is the start but men must obey the command to be reborn of water and the Spirit.Gen 1923 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.  24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;  25 and he overthrew those cities, and a…[Read more]

I believe that the question asked by the topic of this thread was:Why did God create man, and the scriptures tell us why.Quote 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping…[Read more]

Hi Nick:You made the following statement:Quote Hi 94,Judged and destroyed?Judgement awaits men at the end of the milleniumDoes that mean that judgment awaits “all men” at the end of the millenium or not? If so, what I have stated are exceptions to this?Love in Christ,Marty

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 05 2014,11:44)Hi 94, Yes all suffer because of Adam.You pick exceptions to establish a principle?Hi Nick:Adam is responsible for allowing sin to enter into the world, but all of us individually, are responsible to God for our own sins.We cannot blame Adam for the suffering. There is so much in the Wisdom of God as to why…[Read more]