Nick,

So you have the right to assay what is literal in scripture and what is not?

The Spirit teaches those who listen. I am still learning but I have learned some things and am confident of them.

Nick,

You did not answer my question.

Nick,

Did God give men the ability to reason?

Nick,

Flesh and blood CANNOT enter the kingdom.

You have been taught to take that literally and choose to believe it as the truth has been hidden from you. It is the Spirit that must lead you the truth I merely repeat the words I have been given.

Nick,

Jesus uses idiom and other ways to hide the truth from those that are not seeking God and God’s righteousness.

Merriam-Webster online dictionary’s (idiom)

2: an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn’t me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined…

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Nick,

Are you claiming that even though it is not written in Scripture that God has revealed to you that Jesus rose in a mortal body and then was later changed into an immortal body while still alive?

Nick,

{I am shaking my head}

The weak wisdom of men is wisdom that is based on the desires of the flesh nature of men and not reasoning.

Jesus used reasoning to challenge the Sadducees but he did not use the wisdom of men because his reasoning was based on the desires of the Spirit nature and not on the desires of the flesh nature.

Reason…[Read more]

Nick,

What you say is not what is written.

You know yourself that Jesus did not always speak clearly for his disciples stated:

John 16:29Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

on one of those cases he chose to speak clearly.

When his students asked why…[Read more]

Nick,

If your interpretation of Scripture is broken then it is false for Scripture cannot be broken. Jesus testifies to that fact when he opposes the Sadducees.

Nick,
You are assuming that he changed into a new body while still alive. I am just going by what Paul states in 1 Corinthians 15 when he states the body that arises is not the body that is buried. The gospel teaches that Jesus was raised from the dead. In does not teach that he was changed into an immortal body while still living.

Nick,

You are denying Scripture. Since I doubt you take the words “thine eye may be perfect” to mean you have to have 20/20 vision to have you whole body have a light shining on it you are aware on some level what you are doing.

Nick,

I am speaking of your opinions and you are attempting to change the topic.

It is your opinion that logic is evil when those that disagree with you use it. That is the flesh nature talking through you.

It is your opinion that flesh and blood is literal in 1 Corinthians 15 even though you know Jesus was resurrected in a flesh and bone…[Read more]

Nick,

You are dodging the issue. Our you afraid of your ideas being disproved?

I told you to get wise because you should know by this time that God does not say anything about logic. The closest Scripture gets is to speak of Paul and perhaps others using it.

Condemning something that you regularly use is absurd. It is like you do not…[Read more]

Nick,

You idea that the garden of Eden was not in the Kingdom of God is an untruth.
Discard what is false and become wise.

Our discussion is about a claim you make that is not in Scripture. You are the one that claims Jesus rose in corruptible body then changed into a incorruptible one later. Note of that is in Scripture and it negates Jesus…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,

Logic adds nothing to truth.

Your confidence in your own ideas is irrelevant

Then stop using it since it makes you a hypocrite when you do.
Or instead become wise and do not criticize what God does not criticize.

Nick,

The kingdom of God is not spoken of much in Scripture though David refers to Judah-Israel as the kingdom of the Lord in 1 Chronicles 28:5. It is also mentioned in 2 Chronicles 13:8 and perhaps other places in the same way. Those are the only places I know where it is mentioned it the OT and that is after I did a search for the words…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,

So where is this kingdom spoken of in genesis?

Or did you ADD it?

Was the Garden of Eden in the kingdom of God or was it in the kingdom of Satan?
I am confident all of creation was in the kingdom of God until Adam fell from God’s grace and so made himself and his domain and decedents servants of sin.

Nick,

Hi KW,

No you are deceived.

God’s Word is not to be tampered with to suit man’s dogmas

I do not have a clue where you are coming from. I assume you do but did not write it down.

Nick,

Who decides what is IDIOM?

Often the translators and we put our trust in them because of our lack of knowledge.

The Spirit if you listen to it.