Nick,

There God may or may not be their stomach as I have too information to venture a solid opinion. I know Jesus was led/driven to go without food in the wilderness forty days as a man is led/driven by his love to do what is righteous. My point is that the first temptation would have been stronger if the Spirit was not doing something that…[Read more]

Nick,

Scripture does the comparison first, 1 Corinthians 2:11.

Nick,

Or I would know it not important as it is just an vain dispute over words.

Nick,

i jn 1 is about the saved not the unsaved

It is written to the saved to tell them the price has already been paid. He also says the same abut the whole world even though many will not fit through he narrow gate.

1 John 2:2New International Version (NIV)

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for…

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T,

If Christ received the holy spirit it seems only to drive him into the desert where he would be tested, at the end of his 40 days

So the holy spirit has sustained him for those 40 days right , because Christ had the holy spirit sins birth , right but the holy spirit does not stay on a constant base , he is given as needed by the father…

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Carmillia,

It has more than one book so I probably have the wrong book.

Carmilla,

There is a remarkable passage in Josephus (‘Wars of the Jews,’ 4:6), in which he refers to an ancient saying then current, that “Jerusalem would be taken, and the temple be destroyed, when it had been defiled by the hands of Jews themselves.”

Perhaps he is accessing a different text of “war of the Jews” than I am but what I find do…[Read more]

T,

In either case the Spirit is with him and I just do not see how where it is located in or on his person makes a difference. The bottom line is received the Spirit.

Nick,

HiKW,

So what happened at the Jordan?

Was it just a pantomime?

I answered your question in another thread.

Nick,

Hi KW,

So the witness to John was all it was about??

That is what Scripture clearly teaches us though other things can be hidden.

Nick,

Hi KW,

So you think the rebirth from above is not recorded?

Yet we are meant to follow?

I believe it is there but it is hidden and you need to use reason directed by the Spirit to find it.

Ed J

Q)Who really is the Holy Spirit?

A) God

“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the HolySpirit,
and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this
thing in thine heart? thou hast not l…

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Nick,

Advocate and intercessor also mean middleman but that is not the way you used Advocator. The way it is used in 1 John is he serves as the middle by paying the cost for our sins. He already did that so all he has to tell God now is that a believer is one to bear his name. It sounds like he is more of a middle man than a lawyer.

Wakeup,

Of course prophesies are given in symbols; so that the wicked can not understand.

Jesus also spoke in parables so the wicked can not understand.

Yes, and so translating it according to the sinful nature will lead to disaster and we are told not to be afraid of those that would destroy the body but are unable to destroy our soul.

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T,

i do not see why it should land on him ,sins it was not a dove ,right

In this case I do not think their is a difference between on and in. The key point is that it remained with him afterwards.

Nick,

Our advocate pleads our case for forgiveness when we fail

Do you know where that is written in Scripture. I know Jesus is the mediator and the author and perfecter of our faith but I do not remember what you write in Scripture though many claim it as part of their doctrine.

The Holy Spirit as Advocate is mention in John 14-16.

Nick,

Close enough.

John 20:30New English Translation (NET Bible)

30 Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

There are two things I know of and they may be two different ways of saying the same thing.

Matthew 3:13-17New English Translation (NET Bible)
The…

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Nick,

Hi KW,

Is not the bible generally the record of the works of God among men?

Would some works be ignored?

Yes, as it tells you it did not record all of Jesus’ miracles. You can see that you have to use more than one witnessed account to get more of the details to happen during an advent. It is held, but not written in Scripture,…[Read more]

T,

They are all accounts of the same event and they do contradict each other but each account does not mention all things that happened at that time. After all Scripture is not broken.

Nick,

1 John 2 New English Translation (NET Bible)

1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, 2 and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole…

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