Nick,

Hi KW,

There are many things that scripture does not say.

To BE a ministering spirit means to HAVE a spirit to you?

Is this ok by your logic?

Its the reasoning of certain translators of Scripture.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but a trustworthy person(rū·aḥ) keeps a con…

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Nick,

Hi KW,

Is RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR agreeing with your fanciful logic?

Rational behavior is acknowledging word use even when it disagrees with your viewpoint.

For example

“5. A person as characterized by a stated quality: He is a proud spirit.” (entry for spirit at yourdictionary.com)

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Nick,

Hi KW,

There are many things that scripture does not say.

To BE a ministering spirit means to HAVE a spirit to you?

Is this ok by your logic?

I already pointed out that is one possible meaning in English and also in Hebrew. If you want to debate with that fact then do so but it is not rational behavior.

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Nick,

Inferences are more treacherous than implications because they are mere hints. Implications are well reasoned conclusions and thus unbroken. They can however be untrue if the Spirit is not the guide. Conclusions based on flawed reasoning are not true implications though they are common.

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Nick,

I have support than you do as you seem to prefer tradition.

Nick,

Some things are literally written while others are implied. Jesus proved that the resurrection of the dead is written in the OT even though it was just implied.

Proverbs 25:2Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

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Nick,

The wicked will revert to their previous behavior once Satan is released from his prison. They will then primed to be deceived by Satan and so gather to Armageddon. They do not choose to come into the light nor do they want to be compelled to come into the light.

Hebrews 10:29Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

29 of how much…

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Nick,

According to Revelations Satan is locked up for a thousand years and so there is no temptation in the earth for that time. If there is no temptation to do evil then there is no sin conceived. When there is no sin conceived then even the wicked behave like the righteous though it torments them.

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Nick,

It is easy to be found faultless under the law since it is written “There is none righteous, no, not one” and God provided a way for them to be credited with righteousness. The new covenant is superior.

Nick,

Sin in the flesh teaches you how to do evil just as the Spirit teaches you to do all that is right.

Nick,

Paul claimed his obedience of the Law was without fault. (Philippians 3:6)

Nick,

You just stated that the dominion of sin in the flesh began when humanity ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. That sounds like the same thing as claiming they gained the knowledge of how to do both good and evil.

Nick,

No it is clearly not an assumption as neither Adam or Eve did evil before they ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In their innocence they were neither hid from the presence of God or realized they were naked. They were not servants or slaves to sin.

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Nick,

All of them as Jesus revealed his knowledge in the Temple at the age of 12 and so no heresy was found in him.

Even before John baptized him, John testified that Jesus should baptize him instead as there was no need for Jesus to be immersed for the repentance of his sins.

Nick,

My post is based on the words of Galatians 4:6 and Romans 8:15 and I did not work out the details. I do know if you choose to live by the flesh you will not enter the reign of God.

UMB5,

Your doctrine is made up as nowhere in Scripture is Jesus literally said to be anything other than a human being. The teaching you adhere to looks for ambiguities in words in order to support its claims.

Scripture teaches us there is one human being the mediates between God and humanity and he is Jesus Christ who gave his life for…[Read more]

AndrewAd,

Jesus was a man but also a god as being a divine son,so the point of following him as being a man has no bearing on following him at all. And if ye follow him today ye follow not that physical Christ but rather that spirit being of Paul.For we can no longer know a fleshly Christ.

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Nick,

And thus my point that they gained knowledge of how to do both good and evil but not the maturity to do only good.

Nick,

It is a good passage but please post it in the thread we are discussing that issue. Thank you.

Nick,

Please address my points.

Galatians 3:16-17Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four…

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