Good Morning DesireTruth,

Yes, we read of repentance and God’s forgiveness in the OT unto Israelites. God warned them that He brings blessing to those who obey His laws and cursing to those who do not. We also read of atonement and sin offerings with the sacrifice of a bull or a goat. Blessings yes to those who obeyed and mercy unto those who…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

You would need to do more to convince me as what you are saying I see is actually against direct scripture.

John 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that <span style=”color: #ff0000;”>the Son of man should be glorified.</span>

There is no Son going back to glory, there is a Son of Man being glorified to which…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

41 These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

The glory that Isaiah saw is that which he spoke of to which we can read in the book of Isaiah. YHVH even told Isaiah of a glory that He would not give to another and the context of “another” is in regards to “the people” whom YHVH had created when He stretched…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

Unto Jesus there are many glories.

I see you posted John 12 highlighting verse 41,

12:41 These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

What is the glory that Isaiah saw which also aligns with John’s teaching?

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my…[Read more]

Hi DesireTruth,

First let me say I can understand how it is you have much to sort out after having been brought up in a church full of lies. You are certainly going to have many problems aligning the NT with the OT and as well the NT with itself if you can’t see many NT scriptures in a different light then what you were taught. There have been…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

Gene is exactly right and the passages I was just reviewing expand on what he said.

Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he…[Read more]

Hi Nick,

Let me expand a bit on my position,

I gave 1 Corinthians 12 and it goes on to say in verse 13, “For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”

Indeed people were called by God receiving gifts of the Spirit at Pentecost, being bap…[Read more]

Hi Nick,

Yes, at Pentecost people received gifts of the Spirit for service to God to continue His work which had been done by His Spirit in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

YOU: “the bible says he was tempted in every way as we are without sinning.”

ME: I’d like to talk something out here with first highlighting some scriptures.

Ephesians 5:9 For the fruit of the Spirit is in ALL goodness and righteousness and truth.

Luke  3: 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also…[Read more]

Good Morning Desire Truth,

I admire your persistence and trying to hold folks accountable to your question concerning the OT scripture that Paul was speaking to in 1 Corinthians 15 as it relates to 3 days and 3 nights.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according…[Read more]

Hi Gene,

I am doing good just been extremely busy, thank you brother for checking in! Hope you are doing well also!

Hi Desire Truth

YOU: If you are going to say Isaiah is prophesying what the apostles are going to say speaking of the crucified of Jesus, then the personal pronouns need an explanation. If the “our”, “me”, and “my” refer to the apostles and the “he”, “him”, and “his” refer to Jesus; then Jesus died only for the apostles since the “our”, “me”,…[Read more]

Hi Desire Truth,

You asked who is speaking,

Isaiah 52:13-15 sounds to me like it is God speaking

Isaiah 53: 1-10 as mentioned in my previous post this is prophecy of the apostles, those reporting on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, those who preached to bring forth belief in him.

Isaiah 53:111-12 God is speaking

What’s happening in Isaiah…[Read more]

Hi Desire Truth and All,

Been very busy but able to catch some posts in my email.

I did a bible study yesterday, which looks like Berean also did, regarding the servants mentioned in Isaiah.

I think it is interesting the names that Berean provided and looking at what they mean,

Isaiah is called God’s servant in 20:3, Isaiah’s name means,…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

NO, I do not believe that the Son of Man existed literally in the heavens and then came down to earth to be our savior.

For you to even ask this question it is clear that you haven’t been reading the scriptures that I have provided and my statements applying them together.

The Son of Man, born of the Spirit, was sent by God to be our…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

Heaven, heavens and heavenly we see in scripture hold different representations.

The sky above where birds fly, further up where the stars are and even further we have God’s abode. Additionally, it also holds the meaning of having come from God or that which is of God. 

Examples of the later,

Matt 3: 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

YOU: I have no speech other than WHAT IS WRITTEN.

ME: This is a complete delusional statement by you Berean.

WHAT IS WRITTEN Phil 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

YOU, 2:5 let this mind be in you, which was also in God the Son:…[Read more]

Hi All,

Luke 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Side note: The devil recognizes Jesus as God’s Son because of the powers of God’s Spirit that Jesus was begotten with…[Read more]

Hi All,

The kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven mean the same thing.

“Given from heaven” and given from God mean the same thing.

Likewise, heavenly is the same thing as godly and “come from God” is the same thing as “came down from heaven”.

John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to…[Read more]

Hi Berean,

We didn’t finish our conversation regarding Phil 2.

YOU:

1. A) Who, being in the form of God,
2. B) thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

THE SON OF GOD, WHO WAS GOD AND WHO WAS IN THE FORM OF GOD, CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD BE “TO ROB GOD” TO BE, (RETAIN) THE EQUAL OF GOD…

But made himself of no reputation,

HE HAD A REPUT…[Read more]