Well Nick, I have not studied this indepth so I have more questions than answers.I plan to be studying at a later date, who the Wife and Husband in OT are: appears to be Israel and God.Also in the NT, the Groom and Bride represent the Church.John the baptist is the Bridegroom. So who are the Bridesmaids?Any ideas? I do take the admonishing to…[Read more]

The previous verse is from Proverbs 30:18-19

Hi all,Got another rattlesnake in our yard again a couple of hours ago. This time we did not panic as before to summon the battleships. I still had the heebygeebies to so much as look upon it when Spheres told me and I quickly rounded up Mongo, our dog, and Linear into the house. The rattler was down stairs sunning itself up on some bricks and…[Read more]

Amen, Nick. There is much more to worship than song…which to me is the icing on the cake. God already owns the cattle on a thousand hills and there is nothing we can give to him that he doesn't already own.And this is his commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.…[Read more]

From Trinity Thread page 236:Hi cf,IMO, you can sing to Jesus, for Jesus and about Jesus to the glory of the Father. He is our worthy savior who redeems us to our God. Unfortunately, a lot of the worship songs fail to acknowledge the Father as the one who is God above all, who gave us Jesus.It is a worthwhile effort for us to read the Psalms as…[Read more]

Amen. Awesome. If only people will realize it and take God seriously so they can receive eternal life in Christ.

Hey Nick,I think it is two fold:  vs 26 has got to be referring to the Rapture.  It could not have been referring to Martha who was alive at the time when Jesus said so and should have not died, if anything else was meant.  vs 25 applies to Martha and all others of the faithful who die BEFORE the rapture…  Jesus was fully aware that we shall con…[Read more]

Hi Berean2005 and t8,Just some thoughts on my mind concerning the subject:The wages of sin is death.All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Subsequently all die. This includes babies, animals, prophets, apostles, kings and all manner of people who shall remain nameless. On such coffins, it can be written: Wages Received. The…[Read more]

ETERNAL LIFE vs THE SECOND DEATH:John 4:10: Jesus answered, “If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh, living water.” (The Message Translation).(1st) DEATHIf death as we know it is “sleeping” (and the bible does call it sleeping), well, it is a sleep that is still in enmity…[Read more]

We definitely have need of the spirit of truth to guide our understanding.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 07 2005,23:05)Hi, Ramblinrose has posted a link to this site in the trinity forumhttp://www.biblicalunitarian.com/modules….sid=109It is interesting in it's views on the “Holy Spirit”[=God to them} and “gift of holy spirit”Also Jesus as having no human derivation being a genetically perfect recreation. This makes Mary a…[Read more]

Here's another way of looking at the Holy Spirit in relation to Father… Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the KINGDOM, and the POWER, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Mar 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of POWER, and coming in the clouds of heaven.…[Read more]

Hi Arizona:The understanding I am getting is that it is all about the Father's will: He who does the Father's will has his prayers answered by the Father… There is a specific scripture that came to mind to the effect that God honors the words of his servants…. unfortunately I cannot recall it at this time but hope someone knows the scripture…[Read more]

The natural man does have an inclination to do the wrong thing, but can also do what is right… so I think you are both right, Nick and Trettep.

You have a point, trettep.

I agree, Nick.I do think, however, that being born again with the spirit of God gives us an aversion to sin that we don't have otherwise… and we are more aware of the power and desire to choose righteousness. I believe that Jesus knew how to have two natures warring inside him… and PERHAPS his struggles were even more intense because of the…[Read more]

Thanks, Nick. Those scriptures from the previous page are helpful. I don't tend to think a lot about this topic of body/soul/spirit… I find it hard to know the boundaries b/n soul & spirit… but I know that what goes in the mind blooms later so I try to put Philippians 4:8 into practice and it is very helpful to me.Finally, brethren,…[Read more]

Amen, Nick,Someone brought up the question that why did Jesus while on the cross say to the Father, “into thy hands I commend my spirit” rather than into thy hands I commend THY spirit…. and this question was directed to those with “Oneness” belief, which I take to be the modalist view.So I responded by saying that Christ had his own spirit,…[Read more]

Trettep,There is a thread somewhere here with the discussion about man/soul/spirit…perhaps that deals with that.I don't have any depth of understanding in this area so I am just thinking out loud: I know that God breathed in the clay and gave it life. That breath is the spirit/life/soul of the man that was formed and he became a living thing.…[Read more]

Sorry, Trett: CF to me means Christian Forums, which is the first forum I belonged to before coming here. I am here most of the time but do visit them on occasion. I currently have a thread going there to discuss the Holy Spirit with them and I just posted some of the scriptures in this thread over there in the thread titled: Trinitarians: A…[Read more]