If all of this “free will” nonsence were true, then what would keep the exact same thing from happening all over again after the resurrection when all of God's people are in heaven? Do they mysteriously lose this free will then.Tim

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 27 2007,09:21)Hi Tim4, Was not 'the beginning' before Genesis?Hi Nick,You said “Was not 'the beginning' before Genesis?”It was, and satan was a murderer from the beginning.That was even before Genesis. That was from the beginning of satan.Tim

Satan did not start off good and turn bad. He was a murderer from the beginning.God created him that way and it was good.God created evil, and it was good.Everything that God created was good in God's eyes.Tim

Quote (david @ July 12 2007,18:35)Adding to this:JOHN 8:44“YOU are from YOUR father the Devil, and YOU wish to do the desires of YOUR father. That one was a manslayer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. . . ..”If Satan “did not stand fast in the truth” that means that he was once “in the tru…[Read more]

Quote (michaels @ July 21 2007,15:59)me dont think judas will burn,for jesus is not a liar for he had no sin,haveing gods spirit on him knowing all things,said these 12 would be seated with him to judge over the 12 tribes,me think he did any how,judas did betray jesus when the man of sin entered him as god alowed,just like satan entered peter,when…[Read more]

Hi Nick,I think that Jesus gave us a guideline for praying. He taught us the kind of things that we should askGod for, and how we should honor God in our prayers.But as usual, man read it improperly and started reciting the Lords prayer word for word at every oportunity.Is this not “vain repitition”? Is this not what the heathens do?Tim

Quote (michaels @ July 18 2007,16:26)tim then can you explain why jesus said you will never see death if you keep my saying,he is the truth not a liar,did god tell you what that saying is ,because me know,if you ask him he might tell you ,then you will never see death either ,well then we wouldent have anything to talk about,for you would know,is…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ July 18 2007,12:05)we are also taught that when we are away from the body, we are present with the Lord.Hi T8,I am surprised to see you quoting unscriptural colloquialisms.I have come to see you as an independent thinker who does not merely repeat what other people say. I put a lot of stock in your interpretations of the scriptures.One…[Read more]

Quote (michaels @ July 17 2007,14:44)tim  enoch is alive,read ,verse 12 there came from one even as good as dead, maybe (sara),a great multitude, verse 13 these all died in faith, the multitude! for god does not contridict himself,and enoch(verse 5) did not see death,ask god for he knows all things,he will not lie. chapter 11 hebHI Michaels,verse…[Read more]

Quote (Mr. Steve @ July 18 2007,06:01)Why was Enoch translated?  That he should not see death.  Enoch did not die.  He is the exception to all those in Hebrews 11.  At the time of his translation they evidently sought to find Enoch but he was not found because God took him.  God did not bring death upon Enoch.Take CareMr. SteveHi Mrsteve,What does…[Read more]

Quote (IM4Truth @ July 06 2007,21:57)Gen. 5:24  “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”What do you think, “God took him”, means?Hi IM4truth,FOr 300 years Enoch walked with God while he lived.And then he was not any longer because God took him.God took him means that Enoch died. Just as we all will die.Enoch died just like…[Read more]

Hi Chap,Have you ever heard of John Hagee.He is a well known TV Evangelist.I watched him preach a sermon one day in which he was talking about every man, every woman, every boy and every girl who dies without knowing Jesus Christ spends an eternity in a city where the fire is never quenched, hell.He then made a statement regarding someone who…[Read more]

Hi IM4truth,I agree with you wholeheatedly.I love my pastor and he has over the years become my best friend. But I will no longer believe some of his interpretations of scriptures. He teaches what he was taught to teachin seminary. I have meditated over Matt 7:22 in the past, and come to the conclusion thatJesus was referring to preachers who…[Read more]

Quote (acertainchap @ July 10 2007,02:11)Do you seriously think that people would relish and enjoy the thought of people going to hell?I have seen TV evangelists with huge smiles on their faces shouting that these people got what they deserved.What else would I think?Tim

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 09 2007,07:11)Hi Tim4, You say””For the living know that they shall die but the dead know not anything…” (Ecclesiastes 9:5).” Do you think this refers to both the first and the second death?Hi Nick,Yes! If you are dead in hell than you can not know that you are being burned, the dead know nothing. So if there were a h…[Read more]

Quote (acertainchap @ July 09 2007,03:25)Quote (Laurel @ June 30 2007,16:20)then life in hell would also be everlasting, and this is contradictory to Scripture.You mean death in Hell?Hi Chap,You seem to want to believe that people will be tortured for ever in hell.Those that want to believe that god would torture millions of grandmothers,…[Read more]

Quote (acertainchap @ July 09 2007,03:01)Quote (TimothyVI @ July 03 2007,03:08)It doesn't say that for the devil either.It says that the devil will be tormented for eons of the eons.Literally that means the devil will be tormented for the age of the ages. Some translators translated that to be age abiding.But it is for some period of time, not…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Of course you understand that I didn't mean that you were literally on fire, right?Tim

Hi Nick,If you feel better believing that all of these symbols are literal I will not try to change you.I don't believe that any harm will come to you for not understanding the symbolism used in scriptures.God knows that you are on fire for His word.Tim

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 06 2007,07:57)Hi W, LK4.1Yep, that is pretty much what it says in LK 4:1Tim