To whomever it concerns,

Just looking at it I have no idea how those that believe Jesus is God see 1 Peter 6-8 as supporting their claim that Jesus is the one true God.

I see instead that if I were to examine it in its original context from the point of a Jew prior to the new covenant being established it has the non hidden meaning that the…[Read more]

Gene,

This is a correction of my prior post to you as I miss-spoke and used the word “think” for “thing”. I am bolding the correction.

Gene,

My point is that thing is the person because it is of the person and not from something outside the person.

Note: the thing I a speaking of it that which drives a person’s choices.

Charles,

BY LUCIFER THE HEAVENS AND ALSO EARTH,WERE ESTABLISHED!

There is demiurge is Scripture so Lucifer is not the demiurge. I personally think his first sin was when he tempted the serpent to tempt Eve to each of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Ezekiel 28:13Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)

13 In Eden, the…

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Charles,

JESUS HAD SATAN’S SPIRIT WITHIN HIS SOUL WHEN HE WAS BORN IN ORDER TO BE IN ALL THINGS LIKE HIS BRETHREN AND REMOVED ON BAPTISM! TO BE REPLACED BY THE FATHER’S :

Jesus was tempted by the flesh and yet chose not to live by it.
He chose to live by the Spirit of God which is not his human spirit.

He teaches us that God will send the…[Read more]

T,

It is the predominate interpretations of 1TI 3:16 I do not agree as I believe the topic of 1 TI 3:16 is the mystery of godliness and not Jesus as Trinitarians and others do. 2PE 1:3 states much the same thing as I do and if compare my statement and that of Peter you will see they are similar.

My words:

God’s gift to man is the mystery of…

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Gene,

My point is that think is the person because it is of the person and not from something outside the person.

To all that are concerned,

John the Baptist’s baptism washed sins away as it was a immersion of forgiveness. Jesus came to do more than forgive us our sins as forgiveness was already available before he came. There is no instruction to live by the Spirit before that Pentecost that Perter spoke the gospel and immersed many in water. What they…[Read more]

Wakeup,

Baptism in water is just a symbol of the real thing.

In the Law of Moses a person immerse themselves to become ritually clean. That is the immersion that John the Baptist was practicing. It is the one that Jesus asked whether it came from God or from man and the Pharisees were afraid to answer as they feared men and not God. That…[Read more]

Gene,

.Nick does not understand what a spritual body means , he leans toward thinking they are “SPIRIT BODIES”, BUT CANNOT PRODUCE A SINGLE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS A SPIRIT IS A BODY OF ANY KIND.

You may be correct but if so then he would be wise to open his eyes to it and change his ways.

Gene,

My point is it is something internal to each of us that leads to the choices we make. I at the same time concede God made everything we are though we make our own choices.

T,

The subject of of 3:16 is not Jesus as he is not even mentioned in the passage. The subject is “the mystery of godliness”. To believe it is Jesus you therefore have to assume that “the mystery of godliness” is Jesus. That assumption is a prejudgment obtained by the interpretation of the Greek word in the clause to God. There are other…[Read more]

To all that are concerned,

Personally I believe the correct translation is “it” and that the “it” is the mystery of godliness.

I agree that God manifest in the flesh through his Spirit.

To whomever it may concern,

If you look at the underlying Koine Greek it does not even say “God” it actually who or which depending on what you think the topic of the sentence is. Perhaps in the manuscript the AV of the KJV and others are translated from it does say God. I do not know. I do know that those translators that translating from the…[Read more]

Nick,

Jesus Christ came to save sinners, not the just or the wise.

A certain angel said he came to save them from their sins and he said that he came to release those who were servants from sin truly free of sin. At the same time he said anyone who sins is a servant of sin. If you continue to sin you have not yet been completely set free of…[Read more]

Nick,

By this time you should know that the Spiritual bodies Paul speaks of are those that are freed from corruption by being led by the Spirit. You though chose to think that all flesh is the same and the flesh that is bound to corruption is the same as the flesh that has been freed from corruption.

David.

So does our morality come from the bible? Or do we just use the bible to justify our present day morality?

I am not opposed to physical discipline as do a number of people. I scoff at “scientific” reports that say it is bad for a child to receive physical discipline because I have received it with no harm done and perhaps wisdom…[Read more]

Gene,

It is the will of the mind that does the driving even as it drove Jesus to submit the will of his flesh to God’s will.

Charles,

I see Genesis 1 as God’s foretelling and predestination of creation and Genesis 2 as the realization of it. My main support for this belief is that it is written in:

Genesis 2:5New English Translation (NET Bible)

5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had…

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Nick,

Yes, I agree but I still say.

The natural man is evil because he is of the world but the man who is not evil is so because he is a son of God. Never the less both are human beings.

The Spirit supersedes the flesh in those that believe so they are no longer merely human but instead become the children of God. That is why Jesus…[Read more]

Nick,

Yes, I agree but I still say.

The natural man is evil because he is of the world but the man who is not evil is so because he is a son of God. Never the less both are human beings.

The Supersedes the flesh in those that believe so they are no longer merely human but instead become the children of God. That is why Jesus said:

Matthew…

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