Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 04 2007,17:58)Quote (942767 @ Feb. 04 2007,17:02)Quote (Morning Star @ Feb. 04 2007,15:26)The near death experience, I am not commenting on.  I don't have any clue about whether it is real or not.  However, the dead are conscious they are exactly where the bible says they are in hades. They are either with Lazarus or t…[Read more]

Quote (Morning Star @ Feb. 04 2007,15:26)The near death experience, I am not commenting on.  I don't have any clue about whether it is real or not.  However, the dead are conscious they are exactly where the bible says they are in hades. They are either with Lazarus or they are with the rich man. What you call a pagan parable Christians called o…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ Feb. 03 2007,23:22)Quote (kenrch @ Feb. 03 2007,22:28)1Co 15:52  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.When will the rapture occur?  “….at the last trump…”Rev 10:7  but in the days of the voice of the se…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Feb. 03 2007,22:28)1Co 15:52  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.When will the rapture occur?  “….at the last trump…”Rev 10:7  but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, th…[Read more]

Hi All:I believe that the following will clarify the scripture that states: “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”.”Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ minintered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God; not in tables of stone, but in flesy…[Read more]

No, Sorry Nick:If I am understanding you correctly, then I must disagree with you relative to Adam being responsible for our sin, and your assessment of righteousness by understanding follows:While it is true that Adam sinned and through him sin entered into the world, you and I have a free will and so Adam is not responsible for my sin.  If Adam…[Read more]

Hi All:My understanding is that people under the Law of Moses practicied sin definately then the penalty for such things as homosexuality, breaking the Sabbath, Adultery as has been mentioned was death.It was difficult for me to understand why God would have someone who was picking up sticks on the Sabbath day would be stoned to death (Numbers…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Jan. 30 2007,02:06)Hi 94, You quote””When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)  Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Jan. 29 2007,13:08)Will those of the earth save the earth from the destruction of men?Isa 24:5  The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Isa 24:6  Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell t…[Read more]

Hi Oxy:”But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him”.  (John 4:23)The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit (1 Co. 2:10).  The Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father. (John 15:26)Jesus is “the Christ the Son of the Living God”. (Matt. 16:13-17)  …[Read more]

Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 29 2007,18:56)Quote (Cult Buster @ Jan. 10 2007,12:43)Jesus / Jehovah. Seed of DavidJoh 7:42  Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 2Ti 2:8  Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Jer 2…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ Jan. 26 2007,03:51)Quote (music4two @ Jan. 26 2007,01:22)Nick you are taking those verses out of context -The previous verses say in which way Christ emptied Himself —Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,…[Read more]

Quote (bob @ Jan. 25 2007,20:08)Thanks for freshening this topic for me, Nick.Perhaps you all will indulge me as I frame this topic to meet my own needs:What has biblical inerrancy got to do with following Jesus? I want to follow him and consider myself among his followers. I feel that I was called by Jesus while meditating on his words in the…[Read more]

Quote (music4two @ Jan. 26 2007,01:22)Nick you are taking those verses out of context -The previous verses say in which way Christ emptied Himself —Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,  2 make my joy complete by being of…[Read more]

Hi all:”But the day of the Lord will come as a theif in the night; in the which the HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP”.  (2 Peter 3:10)”Nevertheless we, according his promise, look for NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN…[Read more]

Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 19 2007,23:43)Quote (942767 @ Jan. 19 2007,22:40)Hi Oxy:Just want to establish something.  Since we, as you say, and I agree. are made in the image of God, and our soul is our dominant factor.  Does God have a soul?God BlessHi, that's a very good question.  The soul is spirit in form and God is spirit.  I know that this exa…[Read more]

Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 21 2007,09:14)Sorry 942767, I thought I did explain it.The Scripture in question… 1Co 7:14  For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. This verse points out that the children would be unclean (opposite…[Read more]

Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 20 2007,06:54)Quote (942767 @ Jan. 20 2007,00:38)Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 19 2007,23:46)Sin is two things.  First, it is the state that we are all born in, ie, seperation from God.  Secondly, sin is the act of doing or thinking (intentionally) something that is against righteousness.Hi Oxy:I thought we just defined sin “as the t…[Read more]

Hi all:Paul's intent here was to instruct Christians in humility, and not to show that Jesus was God.  Phil. 2:1-10 states: “If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one…[Read more]

Quote (Oxy @ Jan. 19 2007,23:46)Sin is two things.  First, it is the state that we are all born in, ie, seperation from God.  Secondly, sin is the act of doing or thinking (intentionally) something that is against righteousness.Hi Oxy:I thought we just defined sin “as the transgression of the law”.  Where in the bible do you find the de…[Read more]