Kerwin said to thethinker:Quote “do you believe Jesus is physically the Son of God such as Hercules is said to be the son of the god Zeus?”  Thank you for the answer.Kerwin,I reject that Jesus was physically the Son of God for two reasons:1. God is spirit and He therefore does not have a penis.2. Jesus was both conceived and born of a virgin woma…[Read more]

theodorej wrote:Quote Greetings Thinker…..As for the performance of miracles I say to you STANDBY !!!…..Let us not forget that a miracle is some thing or event that will be spectacular and defy common knowledge and human understanding…..We are living in a time when we will see wonders that will confound even the elect…..Watch the worlds…[Read more]

Seeking asked:Quote What necessitated the change.  If the sacrificial system was working for the Jews and the Gentiles were enjoying success as law keepers?Seeking, You ask a darn good question. The change was necessitated by the fact that God wanted to be worshipped in spirit and in truthQuote But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true…[Read more]

Kerwin wrote:Quote Now there is three possibilities1) that Jesus alone is the Holy Spirit2) that God alone is the Holy Spirit3) That they both together are the Holy Spirit.I used the passages from Acts 10 to point out that neither 1 or 3 could be correct since God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit.I am assuming you do not want to answer the…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 08 2009,12:40)thinker ….i don;t recall saying they are a persons , but i believe they are attributes of the LORD YWHA (He Exist). AS all powers are attributes of something. We who have recieved the Spirit (intellect) of Truth have recieved on of these Powers,from GOD Himself. This attribute prevents us from being decieved, as…[Read more]

Quote (SEEKING @ Mar. 07 2009,11:34)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 06 2009,14:48)Quoting thinker –Quote But none of it can justify a person. Only faith can justify.Did you not contend that Paul taught Gentiles were justified by doing by nature what was contained in the law?Rom 2:13-14  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,…[Read more]

Gene said:Quote It was God the Father in Christ keeping Him from sinning, it was not Jesus Himself,Gene,Do you mean to say that Jesus really was a sinner who never sinned? Do you mean to say that He was not holy in His own right?Quote And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall…[Read more]

Seeking wrote:Quote Clearly, Jesus had a dual nature as ONE with God who could not sin and another in which he took on the form of a man in which he did not sin.Seeking,You said that Jesus had a “daul nature.” You said that as one with God Jesus could not sin. And in the form of man He did not sin.I couldn't have said it better myself and I am thet…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 08 2009,05:43)thinker ……….Jesus did not recieve the Spirit (IN) him till he was baptized, But that does not mean the Spirit was not (ON) HIM before that. We become sons and daughters of GOD when we are impregnated with HOLY SPIRIT , but before that we a drawn by GOD to that point.  And there is also the idea of when Sin…[Read more]

Seeking said:Quote Jesus, as a child, “grew up” like we did even having to learn tobe submissive to his parents.  I see him leading a dual life of presence with God and taking on human form.Seeking,While Jesus a boy and “learning to be submissive” did He ever sin? If you say “yes” then He is not the savior of men. If you say “no” then you infer…[Read more]

Kerwin wrote:Quote Please note that there is no third person in the believers.  There are two people one who is Jesus and one who is the Father that Jesus calls God elsewhere.   You may also is only one person, who Jesus refers to as Father, that is in Jesus himself.  Scripture tells us elsewhere that the Spirit was in Jesus.In another place Je…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Mar. 07 2009,09:28)Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 07 2009,04:13)t8,Who said that God is one “being”? I haven't said this nor has God said this. This “one being” idea is non-trinitarian.If you believe that the Most High God is 3 beings, then you believe in 3 Gods.Deuteronomy 64 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.Mark 12:29“The…[Read more]

t8 said:Quote But when we read the following, it isn't a matter of reading something into it, but if read exactly the way it is written it actually teaches that he existed with divine nature/in God's form and emptied himself and was found as a flesh being like us.Philippians 2:6 Who, being in very nature God,     did not consider equality with G…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 07 2009,08:53)Hi TJ, The good thief died under the old covenant as Jesus had yet to die.We should rather obey the commands of Jesus as it is now the new covenant.Nick,Jesus' words were old covenant. Paul was the administrator of the new covenant (2 Corinthians 3).thinker

Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 07 2009,08:13)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 07 2009,08:04)Hi Not3, What are the commands of Jesus?You must be born again of water and the Spirit.Seek ye first the kingdom of God.As.. seek.. knock.Love one another as I have loved you.Do this in memory of me.Abide in me.Give….This is probably the single most important post I have…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 07 2009,09:00)Hi TT, The bosom of Abraham is not Hades.Nick,The bosom of Abraham is not heaven either. Again, Jesus said:Quote No man has ascended into heaven (John 3:13)You have evaded this fact. If men went to heaven before the cross then Jesus didn't need to die on the cross.thinker

Seeking said:Quote I understand Gene to say Jesus could fail because of who he was but that he could not fail once indwelt by the Spirit.Once Jesus was indwelt with the Spirit, he walked faithful to the Spirit.  That hope is held out for us to as we walk by the Spirit -Gal 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires o…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 05 2009,05:44)Hi TT, A very unique vision shared by many. And yet Jesus held a conversation with those in the vision?Nick,Are you referring to the transfiguration when Moses and Elijah were with Jesus? They were called up from hades and took a form for a specific purpose. Jesus saidQuote No man has ascended into heaven…[Read more]

Seeking said:Quote For all the talk about to whom the law was given, who was under it, who was not under it –  Jesus said here is how you fulfill the law and the prophets – Joh 13:34  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. When we keep that one, love as Jesus did we k…[Read more]