Hi brother,Jesus is called a stone not the Rock which actually applies to God because He only one rock there is no other besides Him.Please see the verses;1. Ps 18:31″For who is God besides the LORD ? And who is the Rock except our God?”2. 2 Sam 22:32″For who is God besides the LORD ? And who is the Rock except our God?”3. 1 Sam 2:2″There is no…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 06 2008,16:17)Hi GM,Those who deny free will seem to come to believe man has no will at all.Here is the quote of yours. Sorry to point out again.

Hi brother,The words of Peter were of Satan (the adversary) when he opposed Jesus.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 06 2008,17:32)Hi not3, Yep. A son of man. He overcame temptation. Rom8 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned…[Read more]

Hi brother Nick,Spirit is called as the mind of a person. Does the mind have the intellect of a person?Ofcourse I do agree that all spirit is not intellect alone. Spirit is some thing more than the intellect. IMO

Thanks brother,Here is the verse 1 Pet 1:1111 “investigating the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the glories to follow them”.

Hi brother, God's love must be experienced to understand what is the meaning of 'Love compels' ,here is the verse for that in 2 Cor 5:14-15″For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them…[Read more]

Thanks brother Nick.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 06 2008,16:28)Quote (gollamudi @ July 05 2008,14:39)Hi brother Gene, Thanks for sharing good information on the souls of men.Hi Nick,I agree with you that our spirits go back to God who is the giver of the spirits. But you have not answered my question regarding immortality of our souls and their conscience of things…[Read more]

Again diversion I never refer to it as our wills, you are making me a liar then?

Hi brother Nick,Please ….not again.ThanksAdam

Hi brother,You missed a great word “love”. yes God is not a dictator like humans but He compells us through His wonderful love which is beyond our imagination. I really praise God for leading me with His love I don't see any decision making process like we do in the “management theory”. These are all by cause and effects of God the creator if at…[Read more]

Hi brother 942767,Thanks for your response. If you really love God where is the question of not obeying God's commandments? It will be an instinct to follow His commandments. You will understand more if you see my earlier post to Mandy.BlessingsAdam

Quote (gollamudi @ July 06 2008,04:23)Hi Nick,This is another interesting topic. I also believe that Jesus never existed as a person and walked on earth prior to his birth. You are absolutely right in interpreting the scripture in 1 Cor 10 that the Rock was the Spirit of Christ which followed the Israelites in the wilderness. The same Spirit came…[Read more]

I reserve my comments to Mandy on this quote of yours.

Amen to that post brother Nick. So you will differ on “free will”?

See your post that I have highlighted in mine.ThanksAdam

Yes Mandy, I agree with you. The problem with us is we are not perfect in loving God, if we see Jesus he was our perfect example in loving our Father. We have our sinful nature which craves against the laws of God it is difficult to love God in perfection. Therefore out of the two natures available within us whichever dominates we obey that. This…[Read more]

Hi brother 942767,We are always struck with this idea of 'free will'. If we have love towards God following His commandments is atomatic. If your child loves you he will follow your commandment natural way there is no decision making for that required. If love is the influencing factor to keep the commandments of God then I think there won't be…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Why diversion? The verses you just quoted talk about Jesus' human birth not any preexistence. Hope we will debate this under 'preexistence' thread.What about our Election by God?