Nick,

You are jumping to the conclusion that when the spirit ascended and stayed on Jesus

It does not follow that the time Jesus was anointed by the Spirit was the same time that the Spirit ascended and stayed on him. John told us that the Spirit descended and stayed on Jesus as a sign to him that Jesus is the Christ.

Jesus told us that “you…[Read more]

Bodhitharta,

The judgement of each person is migrated by what he knows. A man that hears a way to stop sinning and rejects it will be judged more harshly than a man who does not hear that way. It is no different whether you are a Jew or a Gentile.

Kayraa12,

Keep the faith that all things happen for the good for those whose seek God and his righteousness. This is a world where we are often tested. May God bless you, your son, and your boyfriend in many ways.

T8,

When we are absent from the body are we present with the Lord or not?
Is there a third stage not mentioned here? What is it?

My point is that is does not say “When we are absent from the body are we present with the Lord” but instead says “we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the L…[Read more]

Nick,

“descended on and stayed” does not mean “anointed by”.

David,

Your reasoning is declaring that Trinity was reduced to a Binity when Jesus was conceived in Mary’s womb and still remain one as Jesus is still a human being the serves as mediator between God and mankind.

DavidL,

Philippians 2 does not say Jesus is God but it instead declares he has the form of God. If Paul wanted to make the point Jesus was God then he would have clearly stated “though he was the God …” but he did not. He instead chose to link “being in the form of God” to being in the form of a servant”. We are told about the form of the…[Read more]

Nick,

David repeats only what he has heard from other humans and so see reason as a sin. He does not seek to understand why being one with God mean one thing when spoken of Jesus but yet another when spoken of those believe in the Christ. He just keeps insisting that it does as if his insisting makes his argument convincing. He does not seem…[Read more]

Nick,

And he received the Spirit of anointing at the Jordan.

No, Scripture states differently as John tells us of the sign he was forewarned would occur with these words “Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.” (John 1:33)

DavidL,

Has anyone ever explained the how the idea of the Trinity is derived from Scripture or have you ever tried to figure it out.

Last night I was reading one of the Psalms from the AV of the KJV and was surprised when that a man’s soul is refereed to as “she”.

Does that mean that a human being is two persons in one individual?

Gene,

I did not say Jesus did not have his own human spirit. I said his Spirit is God’s Spirit. The human spirit and God’s Spirit are two different spirits. That is why Paul speaks of our spirit bearing witness with the Spirit in Romans 8:16. God’s Spirit is called the Spirit of Christ or a similar name because it is posses by Jesus and he…[Read more]

Miia,

There are many individuals in a kingdom and only a few get the privilege of speaking to the king. Jesus is not all present but we have his spirit to comfort us. He communicates to believers by his Spirit, which is God’s Spirit.

Nick,

Paul says ” we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be …”

The only when that he mention is when the sheep and the goats are present before our Lord Jesus Christ.

t8,

His point is not that when he looses his body he will be with God but rather he would rather loose his body and be with God than have a body and not be with God. In verse 4 he states he does not want to be unclothed.

2 Corinthians 5:1-10Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

5 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle…

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t8,

Bringing up the fact “God does not change” is a good point.

Bodhitharta,

It is not about God lacking or lacking anything but rather about who he is. We are told he is Love and those words sum up his character. He commands are loving because he loves us and desires that we love ourselves and others as he loves us.

David,

Jesus laid aside His Divinity to become human..

He overcame temptation as a man

simply to make a way for man to come back to God..

Your words are nonsense. You claim God chose to stop being God so he could he could instead be a human being. That would mean your triune God became a biune God while Jesus was a human being. Scripture…[Read more]

DavidL,

I define blaspheme as falsely accusing God but the actual definition is much wider in that it means treating God with disrespect. Trinitarian accuse God of being tempted even as human beings and that is false and disrespectful accusation.

Is claiming God is three person disrespectful. It is an untruth and therefore a false doctrine but…[Read more]

DavidL,

You do not believe Scripture or you world know that just as the one true God sent John the Baptist into the world to tell of the coming off the Messiah so to did he send Jesus Christ whom he created in Mary.

You fail to understand that Jesus had to be a human being in order to save human beings.

I believe it is because love darkness…[Read more]

Carmel,

Sex between a husband and his wife is not filthy. That witch is filthy is the desires of the flesh and Paul taught that a husbands and his wife chose to do so they were to agree to abstain from sex for a time but not more than each could withstand. He did not call such sex the works of the flesh.

Jesus’ conception was miraculous and…[Read more]