Hi David:I hope that you and your family are doing well.As part of my morning prayer routine I pray, “Father, if I am teaching any thing that is not your Word or doing any thing that is not your will correct me”.  And I also, pray: “Father correct those who are teaching error”.  David, when I share my understanding of scripture or doctrine, it i…[Read more]

Nick:Jesus was born into this world a living soul.  We know that he was conceived of the Holy Ghost which means that his body was God's own flesh and blood.  As an infant he was in innocence, just as all infants that are born into this world.  His earthly parents brought him up under the Law of Moses.  And what I showed you from the gospel of Luk…[Read more]

Nick:His earthly parents brought him up under the Law of Moses.  “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.  Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.  And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.  And whe…[Read more]

Hi All:1 Peter 1:20 states about Jesus: “Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last days for you”.The concept of God begetting a Son in the likeness of human flesh was God's plan in the beginning, and the Word that he would teach him (the Spirit that he would form within him) and all of humanity…[Read more]

Hi All:The Holy Ghost does not take away our free will.  As born again believers, we should not want to sin, but if we choose to go back into the world, we can.  (2 Ti 4:10)”But and if that servant say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the Lord o…[Read more]

Hi All:In order to look at the issue of forgiveness, we have to deal with it from the stand point of those who are in the flesh and those who supposedly are our brothers and sisters in Christ.Our instruction from the Lord relative to those who are in the flesh is: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and…[Read more]

Nick:Thanks for letting me know about Simon Magus.  And we see that water baptism did not do him any good because his heart was not right before God.  (Acts 8:13)Anyway, this has been a good discussion.  I don't believe that there is any more than I can add to what I have already said.   I pray that God would give us revelation knowledge of his…[Read more]

Nick:Who is Simon Magus?  If he had received the Holy Spirit, then that would indicate that God had forgiven him his sins, and he was saved.

Nick:It is the blood of Jesus that washes away our sins.  It is not a baptism of blood as H claims.  Cornelius and his friends had been forgiven their sins when they received the Holy Ghost, and you have already acknowledged this.  They were commanded to be baptized in water and we should be baptized as soon as possible after we believe whether or…[Read more]

Nick:You say, “Nothing there about salvation, but they were baptised in the Holy Spirit, and in water”.Yet, in a response to H under the thread of 3 Baptisms on 10/18/2006 you state: “Do you think the example of God's work among Cornelius and his friends is the usual work of God done for salvation?  Yes, God accepted them as clean.  God is s…[Read more]

Nick:Relative to Cornelius the following scriptures may shed some light on this subject:  “And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and the dead.  To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission o…[Read more]

Nick:Sorry, made an error. The question to you is: How do you, personally, know that you are saved now?

Nick:How do you personally are saved now?

Nick:Apparently, You are not reading my posts.  I know that a believer should be baptized in water.  However, he must first believe with a repentant heart otherwise he would go into the baptismal pool a dry sinner and come up a wet sinner.  I also know that obedience does not stop with water baptism.  “Not every one who saith unto me Lord, Lor…[Read more]

Hi Nick:Yes, I know that it is Jesus who baptizes with the Holy Ghost and he does that when we believe the Word of God.John 7:38-39 states: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hat said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.  (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on should receive; for the Holy Ghost was…[Read more]

Hi David:We still have a different understanding of what God would have us to do relative to blood transfusions. and so why do we not join hands in prayer asking God what He would have us to do relative to this matter.You asked me how were we to come into unity in the thread of the Jehovah Witness church, and so this is the way that we can come…[Read more]

Nick:Also, the following scriptures come to mind:  There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water:  Jesus saith unto her, “Give me to drink”.  (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)  Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, how is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria:  for the Jews have…[Read more]

Hi Nick:We are baptized in water in response to our Faith, and so, it is not baptism that saves us it is our faith.  Water baptism is symbolic of our union with our Lord Jesus in his death, burial and resurrection, and we demonstrate that we believe by being baptized.When we hear the Word of God regarding salvation through our Lord Jesus, and…[Read more]

Hi Nick and H:Before February 1980, I was an agnostic, but when my wife was going to leave me and take my then 8 year old son with her, I got on my knees and prayed “Lord if you are there, I would like for my wife and I to stay together if it is your will, but nevertheless, not my will but yours be done”.  He heard me from heaven and baptized me…[Read more]

Hi H:You say that you don't know who I am, and yet I told you that I am your brother in Christ, and that is who I am.  I have written what I have written because I do not want to see you banned from this forum.You accuse Nick and T8 of things that they say they did not do. I am not taking sides but let me just suggest to you that God knows all…[Read more]