Seeking said:Quote Sometimes I think you believe others should be overwhelmed with your foot work.  I am sure you didn't mean it to sound this way, but from your above sentence one could concludeyou are saying the NASB is a Greek text.Seeking,First, I was not the first person to ever mention “foot work” done. It was you who first posted that you…[Read more]

Gene said:Quote Thinker………I want to start another thread (THE Law) i want to get your input on the subject as well as others, Because i feel it is at issue in scripture and Has caused a lot of confusion with us all at times. Would you make of the study in Paul's wittings about it in ROMANS and GALATIANS , epically with regards to the Use of…[Read more]

Seeking said:Quote I want to believe that you have a Greek text that reads as you say.Seeking,I assure you that I have the Greek text. I possess the text which is used in the Bible colleges and Theologial Seminaries. It was required of me as a student. Just refer to the NASB. The thing that boggles my mind is that you had two years of Greek and…[Read more]

Thinker said to Marty:Quote So you do confess then that James taught that justification was by faith plus works. Marty replied:Quote No, not in the sense that you are indicating.  Did you read what I said here? I see no contradiction between what he said and what the Apostle Paul said.  Believing, which is called faith,  is not just a mental as…[Read more]

Seeking said:Quote Back to your conclusion based on no mention of Jesus' death by James. Depending on which James wrote the book I would be certain that he was aware of the death of Jesus.  Many argue convincingly that James the brother of Jesus wrote the book.  So does no mention equal no knowledge of?Seeking,You asked me for my dating of James a…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 11 2009,06:43)Hi TT, Does James have to mention the death of Jesus for it to have occurred?Inference is poor wisdom. If it had not occured then he was not a member of the body of Christ and had no right to advise anyone about anything.Nick, If what you're saying is true then God's old covenant prophets also had no right…[Read more]

Seeking said:Quote As I understand scripture, man baptizes in water – Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit.Hey Seeking,Man does NOT baptize in water. Apostles baptize in water and they're all dead and gone. Therefore, baptism died with them.thinker

Thinker said:Quote The epistle of James was written while the church was still under the old covenant… God gave them that new revelation through Paul who wrote later than James. Seeking replied:Quote I am still working out a dating issue I am having.  I asked priviously for some clarification:I understand these dates, approximate as they are,to…[Read more]

Marty wrote:Quote I see no contradiction between what he said and what the Apostle Paul said.  Believing, which is called faith,  is not just a mental assent.  It is clear from the following scriptures that someone who professes to be a Christian and is not obeying the commandments that came from God through Jesus Christ is not a Chrisitian but a…[Read more]

942767 wrote:Quote And so, which parts of the following commision have been done away with?  All of it or just the baptism part?  And by whose authority?Hi Marty,In Matthew's gospel it says that they were commissioned to preach the gospel to “every creature.” They fulfilled that mandate. Paul said so:Quote If indeed you continue if the faith, g…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 10 2009,14:53)Hi TT,It could have meant that but context says otherwise.2 Peter 3:8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Nonsense Nick,The expression “at hand” means the same thing throughout Scritpure. You're engaging in…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 10 2009,14:40)Hi TT, Indeed 1000 years is as one day.Ps90Nick,So when Jesus said that the one who betrays Him is “at hand” He meant that Judas was 1,000 years coming?thinker

Nick said:Quote he night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.The day is the return of JesusNick,Your treatment of the text won't work because Paul said that the Day was “at hand”. This means that the Day was near THEM. Jesus said that the one who betrays Him is…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Feb. 09 2009,18:22)Greek philosophy was prevelant back then.  And while he may have been referring to such philosophy, in principle, this scripture can be applied to any of man's philosophies.David,Colossians 2 shows that it was not a Greek philosophy but rather a Jewish interpretation of the Mosaic code that brought God's people…[Read more]

942767 wrote:Quote The Apostle Paul was dealing with the transition from the OT where people were under the law, and what he was trying to get accross to them is that they could not be saved by the works of the law because they could not obey the law without making mistakes if only inadvertantly.Exactly! Paul was trying to get acrross to them that…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 10 2009,11:37)Hi TT, You add your own suppositions there. These seem contemporaneousActs 2:17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:2…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 09 2009,07:12)Hi TT, He was with them, as Spirit, and that age began when that Spirit was given.Nick,Your view that the new covenant age began when the Spirit was given is not possible for the Holy Spirit was first given in the LAST days. It is not at all plausible that the dawning of a new age is designated by the…[Read more]

942767 wrote:Quote This is what the Apostle Paul states.  I believe that it is self-explanitory: Rom 3:27 Where boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Rom 3:29 the God of the Jews only? not also of the…[Read more]

Martian said:Quote The mechanical translation of Gen 15:6 reads – “… and he was made firm in YHWH and he thought correctness of him.”You finally went to a source and guess what?  It confirmed everything I said. Despite all your opinions.Martian,By your own mouth you have fallen. You said that the mechanical translation of Genesis 15:6 reads th…[Read more]

Nick said:Quote If the command to the disciples of Jesus was for a short time only it is odd that it was not mentioned.Nick,First, Jesus told His disciples that as they baptized He would be with them until the end of the age (old covenant age). This gives a hint. The end of that age came.Second, I have pointed out several times that baptisms and…[Read more]