Quote Kerwin,Keep in mind that John was a Jew also and thereforehe understood Jesus' claim as his fellow Jews did.I replied too this premise before.  The premise is invalid which invalidates the “therefore” and any supposition that is the result of it.Consider:I am German.Hitler was German.Hitler believed all Jews should be killed.Since i am…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 12 2009,13:14)Seeking ……….  You are right EL means Might or mountain, and Elohim Means MIGHTY POWERS, The LORD GOD can not stand alone He is composed of SEVEN SPIRITS these are POWERS called Elohim. They can not take a singular position in that context unless we add the word (LORD) then we have (HE EXISTS WITH POWERS)…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 10 2009,10:47)Quote Gene,All words are defined by the group of words with which they are used. In other words, it's all about context. The expression “elohim” is defined by the personal pronouns “Us” and “our”:Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… God (Elohiym) said – God = subject…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 11 2009,22:00)Everyone,My brother died tonight….  Please pray for his children, and for me and my sister.  Thank you.  Love,MandyI'll be praying for your family.May our God of all comfort comfort you in your time of Grief.Seeking

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 11 2009,11:12)Seeking……………true brother. we need to continue, and if God Grace is working in us, we will strive for the High Calling brother. We have not reached it yet but we are not of them that turn back, no matter what, even if we sin , we get up and brush ourselves of and continue to strive for the kingdom of GOD.…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 11 2009,01:53)Quote I feel that long before now we should have been been talking about the how of serving the spirit of the law. But you keep taking us back to the letter of it. Without implying total perfection, I see great potential in the born again believer. Point in time regarding various matters may be an area in…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 11 2009,09:03)Please do not take what i am saying as advocating sin , i am not brother. We should all strive to overcome sin in our lives daily.Gene,So coud we say in a nutshell,Jn 1:5-10 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 10 2009,14:55)Quote Seeking,You are beginning to tick me off big time.Gal 5:16-21 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 10 2009,20:34)Gene,Good thoughts! I have always seen that little bit of Romans 7differently than most folks. It seems used, most often, to justify a less than spirit filled walk. Until Paul's few verses on struggle, he has spoken victory beginning in 6:1 (probably even before the) and relating the raising up to walk in…[Read more]

Jesus' words were old covenant. Paul was the administrator of the new covenant (2 Corinthians 3). So Christ is the mediator of the new covenantand God qualified the Apostles to administer it. The letter of the law has passed away for the letter “kills.” Moses represents the letter of the law andChrist represents the spirit of the lawQuite a move…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 09 2009,21:23)Quote seeking …………you are mixing up the unconverted with the converted , there is a big difference , not every one has the HOLY SPIRIT to work in them at this time. So you can't mix them up. Those who have not the spirit will choose from the greatest influencing in them , Just as those with the Spirit will…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 09 2009,17:01)Quote Seeking,Corrupt communication is more than stfu. Corrupt communication occurs also when falsehoods are spoken. Read the context, Quote I have never spoke of a third covenant. I haven't said anything that even remotely infers a third covenant.Quote QUOTE] Jesus' words were old covenant. Paul was the…[Read more]

Quote Prove that I have introduced a third covenant or stfu! Jesus' words were old covenant. Paul was the administrator of the new covenant (2 Corinthians 3). The Bible speaks of two.  Neither are introduced by Paul as you state above.  So it is PROVEN that you introduce a third.FIRST COVENANTHeb 8:13  In speaking of a new covenant, he makes th…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 09 2009,10:44)Quote SeekingYour post in its entirety is unintelligible. Should one other person find it unintelligible and so post, I will attempt clarification. Quote Please explain your distinction between the old and new covenants.FIRST COVENANTHeb 8:13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete.…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 08 2009,10:03)Quote But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him (John 4:23)I guess that God got sick and tired of worship according to the letter when men's hearts weren't really in it.Thinker,Considering the…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 08 2009,10:03)Quote Did Jesus fulfill the law or not? Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Rom 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in…[Read more]

Quote (theodorej @ Mar. 08 2009,07:41)Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 04 2009,10:56)Nick said:Quote There are still apostles in the everliving body of Christ.I don't see real, bonafide miracles being performed today. thinkerGreetings Thinker…..As for the performance of miracles I say to you STANDBY !!!…..Let us not forget that a miracle is some thing…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 07 2009,23:03)Thanks, brother's.I do rest in the fact that I cannot save myself by works – even my faith is a gift from God.However, I do believe that without works, faith is dead.  I think we're supposed to be busy loving people – that takes work.  If someone just told me they loved me but never showed me that they loved m…[Read more]

Quote (Gene @ Mar. 08 2009,10:59)Quote Without that Spirit (intellect) from GOD no one (overcomes) anything. We are all simply ships without a rudder to guide us and which ever way the wind blows we will go, that rudder is GOD'S Spirit. Would this not mean that those not born again cannot choosethe right, regardless of influence, because they are…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 08 2009,11:06)Quote (Gene @ Mar. 08 2009,23:55)thinker …..No, i don't mean Jesus was a sinner who never sinned, that is a oxymoron, how could you be a sinner who never sinned. He was a HUMAN Being who had the( (potential) to sinning but never did. That quite obvious or He could have never been tempted, right. If he didn't…[Read more]