Philippians 3:3…3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the fleshNotice how Paul says we, “PUT no confidence inthe flesh”..he is showing choice.Romans 8:4…4in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ June 25 2008,03:53)DK…..hate to blow away your theory , but you have failded to take this in concederation , ” the CARNAL Mind is enemy to God, not subject to his laws netiher indeed CAN BE”< do you throw out that scripture then, if we are born with this carnal mind thats a enemy of God and not subject to his ways , how is…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ June 25 2008,02:58)Quote (dirtyknections @ June 25 2008,02:43)Quote (Not3in1 @ June 24 2008,19:24)If Jesus couldn't have walked away from the cross……….his going to the cross was not a true sacrifice.Just thinking out loud.MandyJohn 3:16…THis was GOD's sacrifice…not JesusYes, God was the giver of the sacrifice.Jesus was…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ June 24 2008,19:24)If Jesus couldn't have walked away from the cross……….his going to the cross was not a true sacrifice.Just thinking out loud.MandyJohn 3:16…THis was GOD's sacrifice…not Jesus

Quote (Not3in1 @ June 24 2008,19:45)Any new thoughts on this topic?Jesus said to those who seemed to be on his side (doing great works of the church), “Depart from me, I never knew you….”.  What sin do you think they chose that led to death? Could the sin that leads to death be pride?Those ones he said to, “Get away from me I never knew you”..…[Read more]

The Scriptures show that God extends to such creatures the privilege and responsibility of free choice, of exercising free moral agency (De 30:19, 20; Jos 24:15), thereby making them accountable for their acts. (Ge 2:16, 17; 3:11-19; Ro 14:10-12; Heb 4:13) They are thus not mere automatons, or robots. Man could not truly have been created in &…[Read more]

Quote (gollamudi @ June 24 2008,14:36)Quote (chosenone @ June 24 2008,05:30)Good post Gene, may I add my opinion as well?   The tree was called “The knowledge of good and evil.”  Notice Gen.3:22. Behold!  “The human becomes as one of us, knowing good and evil.” (God speaking)     If they hadn't eaten the fruit, we would have no knowledge of “goo…[Read more]

I too…agree with the thoughts in this thread. At 1 John 5:16, 17, John evidently refers to willful, knowing sin in speaking of “a sin that does incur death” as contrasted with one that does not.A “sin that does incur death”…would also be sinning against the holy spirit.Also, someone asked what does it mean to willfully sin against the holy s…[Read more]

Quote (chosenone @ June 24 2008,05:30)Good post Gene, may I add my opinion as well?   The tree was called “The knowledge of good and evil.”  Notice Gen.3:22. Behold!  “The human becomes as one of us, knowing good and evil.” (God speaking)     If they hadn't eaten the fruit, we would have no knowledge of “good”.  Just imagine… If we were place…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 21 2008,14:01)Quote (dirtyknections @ June 21 2008,13:36)The Greek word for “only begotten” is monogenes, the very form of which clearly denotes “only generated.” As monotheism connotes only one God and monosyllable means a word of only one syllable, so monogenes means only one genesis or only one generated–or, more…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 21 2008,11:01)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ June 21 2008,04:47)wj….Interesting, you say, but for the believer there is but (ONE) GOD and yet you break up this (ONE) GOD unto (three) Gods. Isn't that a contradiction of some kind.Every thing you quote goes against your belief in three Gods, Even trough you try to say there…[Read more]

Quote (seekingtruth @ June 07 2007,13:07)I believe the trouble with many denominations is they make one truth, the truth, thus missing all truth.Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Quote (seekingtruth @ June 07 2007,13:07)I believe the trouble with many denominations is they make one truth, the truth, thus missing all truth.Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 21 2008,08:01)Hi, Denominations and labels are divisions. They prove by their existence that none of them are in the body of Christ which is united.Much of the debate here is from a denominational basis where men come to defend their traditions and not seek for…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 21 2008,08:01)Hi, Denominations and labels are divisions. They prove by their existence that none of them are in the body of Christ which is united.Much of the debate here is from a denominational basis where men come to defend their traditions and not seek for…[Read more]

yes…but not the way they worshipped GOD his father…if you want we can get into yet ANOTHER debate on “proskyneo”

The Greek word for “only begotten” is monogenes, the very form of which clearly denotes “only generated.” As monotheism connotes only one God and monosyllable means a word of only one syllable, so monogenes means only one genesis or only one generated–or, more simply, only begotten. It does not mean “one,” or even “one and only.” It is worth…[Read more]

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Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 21 2008,11:47)Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 21 2008,11:42)Hi WJ, So Jesus is not a God and you should not worship him?NHNo he is not “a God” but is the “True God”.Just listen to John, Thomas, Paul, Peter, and the Apostles that called him God and grabing his feet worshipped him. I listened and hey told me something different

Quote (dirtyknections @ June 21 2008,05:51)Evil is not a “thing” – like a rock or electricity. You can't have a jar of evil! Rather, evil is something that occurs, like running. Evil has no existence of its own – it is really a lack in a good thing. For example, holes are real but they only exist in something else. We call the absence of dirt a…[Read more]