Nick,

HIkw,

WITH God or WITHOUT God?

God is close to all men.

But few are filled with His Spirit.

Fewer still are led by His Spirit to become His children

I am not sure what you mean by close. He is not spiritually close as the sins of men separate them from God. The rest sounds correct.

Gene,

Kerwin…….”All who (truly) believe on me have “PASSED” (pass tense) from judgment unto life”, Jesus told us.

John 5:24Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from…

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Nick,

The Law tells a man of sin but does not aid the man in overcoming sin because it is powerless and therefore the man must strive to overcome the world while still living according to the efforts of his carnal nature.

The Law of the Spirit has the power of God to overcome sin and so allows the man to live according to desires of the Spirit…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,

The gifts of the Spirit come when the Spirit is given.

Jesus received the Spirit at the Jordan.

You assume that when the Spirit landed on Jesus that it means that he was given the Spirit at that time but that is not written. It is what you think happened.

If you are just speaking of the Spirit in it role as Gift Giver and…[Read more]

Nick,

It does not say when but it sounds like Peter was speaking the Holy Spirit in its role of gift giver. That would be more like Cornelius and his household receiving the gift of tongues.

Jesus did use his the gift of miracles after he was immersed but I do not think Scripture tells us when he first received the gifts.

Nick,

So when Lk 3 22 says the Holy Ghost descended in bodily form like a dove on him scripture is wrong and you are right??

It means exactly what it states and that being that Jesus was immersed in water by John and then John saw the Spirit descend our of heaven like a dove and land on him.

Nick,

Jesus is the son of Mary as of the flesh.
Scripture does not say that he was anointed at the Jordon with the Holy Spirit.
All we are told is the sign of the Holy Spirit that descended as a dove and landed upon Jesus. We are also told that John baptizes in water and that Jesus was baptized by him. It requires the application of logic or a…[Read more]

Nick,

I think Paul was using as an example something that did not exist as he makes the point that no one is righteous under the law. Even though Gentile could not be righteous they could like David be a man after God’s own heart. Obviously since David was a Jew such is not limited just to the Gentiles. There is a hope of better things for…[Read more]

T8,

As for the age of the earth the best you can do is go by genealogy and that starts at the creation of Adam. The time before we do not know as God is the witness and who knows what he calls a night and a day. There is clearly a dependency between Scripture and science about the date when death entered the world. The 6000 year date does…[Read more]

T8,

I do not care if scientists ridicule me or not as they are dealing with soft science and therefore anything they come up with is open to interpretation. It is most likely wrong as they do not have enough data. Historians argue about things that happened in World War II and there are still a few around at that time. There is even less…[Read more]

Nick,

Yes, their conscious is clear.

Nick,

Scripture does not say.

Jesus, the son of Mary, became the anointed one, the Son of God, at the Jordan

It does say.

Yes the Spirit came on him.
God then acknowledged him as His Son

Nick,

You might want to reread the relevant verses as it is written:

Romans 2:14-15New English Translation (NET Bible)

14 For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. 15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as…[Read more]

Camillia,

I agree.

Nick,

I will agree the Spirit alighted on Jesus like a dove and that God acknowledge him. I do not agree with what you wrote earlier.

Nick,

It may well be since it seems that many people have to be taught even the thing that certain gentiles of that time already knew.

Nick,

A human is either with God or without God. A human without God still has a human spirit but it does not testify with the Holy Spirit. In that way it is godless. It is written that man was created upright but went in search of many schemes.

Are you speaking of the breath or the spirit that men live by? When the spirit men live by and…[Read more]

Nick,

Jesus, the son of Mary, became the anointed one, the Son of God, at the Jordan

That is not what is written.

I remember John was given a the sign of the Spirit coming on Jesus as a dove. God also acknowledge that Jesus was his Son and that he was well pleased with him much like a human father will when his son does something wonderful in public.

Nick,

And by the grace of a measure of faith God chooses his children.
They can become children of God if they submit and obey

My memory is not perfect but I think faith comes from God. If that is correct then what you say seems true to my ears.

Nick,

The Jews already knew much of what is taught they just needed to know it was fulfilled. For example the Jews believed in one God that is one person but today we have those that believe there is one God that is three persons. If you assume the later knows the truth and they don’t where does it leave their understanding.