Does Jesus live in you?WJ wrote:Does God live in you? Does the Holy Spirit live in you?If they do is it 3 Spirits or One Spirit that lives in you?**************************It might help to clarify something. I do not believe that the “Holy Spirit” is another person. I believe that the “Holy Spirit” is who God is.1 Cor. 2:10-12″…but God has…[Read more]

Tim wrote:While alive as a man Jesus was the truth. After He dies, He returns as the spirit of truth.***********************Ah-ha! Keep this good stuff coming! Thanks, Tim.OK, as much as I hate to leave this forum (I could do this all day), I have to head out to see a client….sigh….work. Can't wait to see more responses to this…

WJ wrote:As you can see these scriptures state there is the Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ, the Spirit, Spirit of Him, His Spirit, Comforter all gloriously united together as One Spirit, which Paul calls the Spirit of God.*****************This is sad to me. Because knowing the Spirit of Jesus is to really grasp who and what Jesus is. To lump…[Read more]

WJ wrote:Jn 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.No. The Father and Jesus sent “Another Comforter”.***********************************************The Father tells us that no one…[Read more]

Tim – that is amazing! I didn't know that about the word PARAKLETOS and I have always thought the Comforter was Jesus by other scriptures. But, of course, others just thought I was so deep into a cult that I couldn't see straight. Sigh.

Correction! Nick is not avoiding my question. He plans to answer it in a different forum. Thanks, Nick!

Actually, Amanda Christine. Sometimes I go by my middle name, too. Professionally, I am Christine. Wow. This is beginning to sound like I have split personalities, huh? Ha! I assure you, the mental evaluation came back within normal limits.

Sometimes it is hard to guess from our call names if we are male or female, isn't it? My name is Mandy (short for Amanda). I hope that clears things up

Nick, forgive me. I thought you were avoiding the question. I see HERE, in this forum that you are not and are planning to address it. Yeah. I'm excited to learn your point of view. As I have mentioned before, the pre-existence of Christ is one of my favorite subjects to study

Some good points, Ken.P – thanks for sharing what Nick shared with you – very cool. And yes, I would love for you to show me how to use the edit buttons (I would agree that I learned THROUGH you, but I'm not sure what point you were trying to stress?) Because it is exactly that point (that God made the world THROUGH Jesus, that I am trying to…[Read more]

t8, I wonder if I could ask you a question? I've also put this question out to Nick, and I'm waiting on his reply.Did Mary contribute chromosomes to her boy, Jesus?I'm heading to bed now, but will check back in the morning. Thanks!

Actually, I don't see how it proves anything of the sort. It was THROUGH him that things were made……but how? In other words, “how” was it THROUGH him that things were made?Was it through a plan, or vision, or hope? Was it literally ,or physically? Too many options, see? So which one is based on the whole tenor of the Word?Nick wrote:If…[Read more]

Is wrote:I'm not sure that I would be quite so cavalier/irreverent when speaking about the Holy Spirit though, given that blasphemy against Him constitutes an unforgivable sin********************************Of course I meant no disrespect to God (the Holy Spirit to me, is who God IS). Luckily for me, God knows my heart. But I certainly didn't…[Read more]

Not the “physical/actual” spirit of Jesus into our hearts, no. It's more like a figure of speech, really. I mean, we are in Christ. God knows our hearts. There are records being kept, we can be sure of that. WAIT! I just read 1 Cor 3:16, 17″Don't you know that you yourselvs are God's temple and that God's spirit lives in you? If anyone…[Read more]

Isaiah 1:18 – I just looked this verse up “Come let us reason together……” I have it underlined.I would love to hear your reasons behind the Comforter…..I'm going to be heading to bed pretty soon, but I will catch up in the morning, for sure. Thanks for the chat!

Ah! It sounds like we are somewhat on the same page then about the physical or spiritual indwelling.Gal. 4:6 is one of my favorite passages! Mainly because when I started my study on the Trinity, the first subject I became interested in was “sonship.”BECAUSE we are sons (already), God sent the spirit of his Son(ship) in out hearts, by which we…[Read more]

Question: Did Mary contribute chromosomes to her boy, Jesus?

WJ – gotcha, thanks.

If only TWO in us……..why not THREE? I tell ya, the Holy Ghost always gets what Patty shot at!

Dwelling in you. Yes. But think about this logically for a moment. If you are a Trinitarian, you cannot say that both God and Jesus “dwell” in you physically. Does also the Holy Ghost “dwell” in you physically? Are you to mean that we have a Triune God dwelling in us physically?Jesus prayed that we would be one as he and his Father are one.…[Read more]