Gene,

.THEM PRODUCE THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAY THAT, I PRODUCE THAT GIVES ME MY UNDERSTANDING, WHY NOT PRODUCE A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

Genesis 2:7 states what I am saying but it is vague enough that it also supports what you are claiming. I have used other passages to point out your flaw but you do not believe they do. I do…[Read more]

t8,

When Jesus rose from the dead, he preached to the dead and with the keys of Death and Hades he proclaimed victory over death.

That did not happen as Scripture teaches us death has not yet been placed under Jesus’ feet. It will be the last thing placed under his feet (1 Corinthians 15:24-26) and so he does not yet have victory over it…[Read more]

Nick,

The ones preached to in prison are a specified group = “..those who were disobedient .. in the days of Noah..” 1 Peter 3.20

It does not say they were then taken from that prison.

In what way were they imprisoned?

I ask because Psalms 17:10 speaks of prisoners as well and it sounds like those prisoners are those that Jesus sets free of…[Read more]

David L,

Do you put your understanding of Biblical Greek up against those who were put in a position of interpreting Scripture..?!

Why would you bother asking someone that claims to be taught by God? Of course such a person would put what the Spirit is telling them instead of those that call themselves experts or are judged that by others.…[Read more]

Gene,

For example I do not agree with the conclusion you draw from Genesis 2:7 that the human soul is the sum of the human body being combined with the breath of God. Instead I believe the new human soul comes into existence when the human body and the breath of God combine. I then point out that other passages of the Writings disagree with…[Read more]

Gene,

Just because you quote a passage of the Writings does not mean the conclusions you draw from the passage is correct. If Nick does not agree with you then anything anything argument you base on it will be flawed according to that belief. The same is true with any reasonable persons.

miia,

To be correct their souls are living but souls are the essential self.

Nick,

Hi KW,

It seems that disagreement with your intellectual dogmas now defines men as fools

Denying that events that fit a word’s definition can be described with that word is the act of a foolish person.

Nick,

Hi KW,

Have you appointed yourself as a paragon of truth?

The gifts of the Holy Spirit can be as a sign to unbelievers but the message for the apostles was that God considered those with Cornelius as vessels clean enough to receive the Holy Spirit even without the washing. The apostles did not yet know that this blessing was to go…

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miia,

It’s a parable Bd. Or it could be the holding place before judgment.

It is the holding place as after death since in it you can tell Judgement Day has not occurred and so the World To Come has not happened. If Judgement Day had occurred the rich man would not have a reason to go back to the Land of the Living as his brothers would e…[Read more]

Bodhitharta,

I believe in Gehenna as well as Sheol. They are two different places, Gehenna is the lake of fire where those thrown in have their souls and bodies destroyed while Sheol is where the souls of the dead go and wait until judgement day. The wicked side is unpleasant while the righteous side is a paradise.

I believe Islam has the same…[Read more]

Nick,

When a student of Jesus makes an error they repent, go on, and never look back.

Nick,

You would be wise to parse the words of others carefully as I did not say you were a fool but instead claimed that your words were those of a fool. Is is similar to what Job told his wife when she gave him foolish advice.

Nick,

I already pointed out why you are sounding like a fool and yet you continue in your nonsense. You know what the word sign means and that the Gentiles speaking in tongues was a sign that to Peter and his companions. That is what the word sign means.

Your argument boils down to since the word sign is not is not literally in the passage…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,

In your personal view perhaps.

But should you add those ?

These are the words of a fool. How should I, as a follower of Christ, address them?

They are sounding foolish because I am convinced you know what a sign is and though you read about an event the conveys a meaning to its observers you deny that event is a sign.…[Read more]

Nick,

We are not made sons of God through rebirth.

You are disagreeing with Scripture. Either you believe believers are created like God in true righteousness and holiness when they are immersed or you do not. If you do not then you do not believe what Scripture states for it is written:

Romans 6:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 We…

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Nick,

Acts 10:47New English Translation (NET Bible)

47 “No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

It is a sign that revealed to Peter and his companions that the Gentiles are approved of God.

Gene,

Kerwin…..yes the Spirit has been given before baptizm, at times, but the still xoes not change the fact that even after they had recieved it the were told to still be baptized right? If it was not nessary why then were they required to be baptized?

peace and love to you and yours. ……………..gene

I have heard you and other make this c…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi,

Water baptism is not a magic ceremony that transforms anyone. Such thoughts led foolish people to baptise infants.

1peter 3

“…an appeal to God for a good conscience..”

Nobody can make such an appeal unless they are aware of sin, repent, and understand what they are doing.

Do you believe in miracles? I ask because your words…[Read more]

@carmel,

In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

In LUCIFER, God created heaven and earth!

I understand you have embraced a teaching that is more Gnostic like than others on this site but the words of Genesis 1:1 do not support it. Instead they tell us that the rules for the existence of the abode of the angels and the abode of…[Read more]