Quote (jammin @ June 09 2014,06:42)Quote (kerwin @ June 06 2014,22:57)Quote (jammin @ June 06 2014,09:19)Quote (kerwin @ June 06 2014,03:55)Jammin.Quote do you understand the meaning of essence/nature? You don not seem to understand the meaning of essence/nature.I have the essence of the president does not mean I am as powerful as the president.…[Read more]

T,I believe we should consider the possibility that light may symbolize different things in different passages.  Still the context makes me think it is mostly consistent.  This tells us that John the Baptist was the dividing line between two different times just as he was not the light but Jesus and his students were the light.Matthew 11:12New E…[Read more]

Nick,God is fair and the only advantage Jesus had over every other Jewish man was the amount of his faith. God placed his spirit on him, Isaiah 42:1, so that he could bring in effect the new covenant because the covenant of Moses was not put within them and written it on their hearts and minds. As Paul said you could faultlessly keep the Law and…[Read more]

Gene,I have asked you twice because your answer did not seem to resolve the difference between your doctrine on this issue and Jesus' words.Jesus quoted Jehovah's words that he is the God of Abraham, that he spoke even knowing Abraham had died previously. So God is the one that testified he was the God of both Abraham, who was dead, and of those…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 09 2014,08:27)Hi KW, Jesus was sinless when he was baptised showing that the Law could be obeyed and effective.He never produced any bad fruit because that is the fruit of sin in the flesh.But it is not proof that he was filled with the Spirit before the JordanNick,You are missing the reason a new covenant was required, a…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ June 09 2014,10:50)Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 09 2014,07:39)Hi KW, “There is only one way to be sinless and that is to bear the fruit of the Spirit. ” So the perfect obedience to the Law in the case of Jesus was ineffective??Nno one can become sinless no matter what he does ;we only come to the forgiveness of our sins is through…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 09 2014,07:39)Hi KW, “There is only one way to be sinless and that is to bear the fruit of the Spirit. ” So the perfect obedience to the Law in the case of Jesus was ineffective??Nick,The law one has to obey is the Law of Love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus obeyed that law even when it conflicted with the Law of Moses…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,23:16)Hi KW, No room for a sinless man then?Logic does not align spiritual things.Nick,There is only one way to be sinless and that is to bear the fruit of the Spirit. That takes faith which is why it is true the righteous live by faith. The Spirit is God's grace to believers.The new man bears the fruit of the…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ June 09 2014,05:52)Quote (kerwin @ June 06 2014,21:54)Quote (terraricca @ June 06 2014,20:14)Quote (kerwin @ June 06 2014,18:02)Quote (terraricca @ June 05 2014,23:09)Quote (kerwin @ June 05 2014,23:03)Quote (kerwin @ June 03 2014,10:23)Mike,Quote He is literally the lamp that God sent into the world to shine some spiritual…[Read more]

Gene,I do not believe you answered me but this is what you said to Nick.Quote Nick…….The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, is indeed the God of the Living, just as he was their God when they were alive also. He is not the God of the dead. The dead have no God the have NO KNOWLEDGE, not Wisdom iN he grave where we all go when we DIE, trust me…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,11:05)Hi KW, Two options by logic.? But it is impossible to produce the fruits of the spirit without being blessed of the SpiritNick,So it follows that Jesus already had the Holy Spirit as counselor when he was immersed by John.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,11:38)Hi KW, Scripture does not say there are only two possibilities but you do. You cannot make an exception to your legalistic view for the Holy one of God?Nick,Scripture only gives two possibilities. It it written:Galatians 5:16New English Translation (NET)16 But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,07:09)Hi KW, Those who experience the wrath of God are the unsaved. God has not destined us for wrath.The fruit of the earth is sin Jesus was not a sinnerNick,The fruit of the earth are unbelievers who both bleed and suffer the wrath of God.Jesus was not a sinner before his immersions which means he bore the…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ June 08 2014,07:00)Quote (kerwin @ June 08 2014,06:40)Gene,Jesus actually implied that the soul is still alive in the grave when he stated Jehovah is not a God of the dead but he the God of the living. So in order for the God's words “I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac..” then Abraham, who body was…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,02:12)Hi KW,Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.Nick,That was probably maggots. Some speculate he may have had kidney disease because of the symptoms.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 08 2014,02:11)Hi KW, Are there any references to Jesus being blessed by the Spirit before the Jordan?The vine of the world is from Rev14.17fNick,Thank your but how does this fit into your claim about Jesus Revelation 14:17-20New English Translation (NET)17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too…[Read more]

Nick,1) I have not heard of the world's vine. 2) It is not written that he was reborn at the Jordon.It is best to stick to what is written.So lets stick to the fact that a believer can either choose to live by the Spirit or by the flesh and not introduce a third possibility that is not written.

Nick,Two different uses for the word worm. The bodies are discarded in the garbage heaps and the worm borrows through them. In Job man is compared to that borrowing worm.

Nick and anyone else that is concerned,Galatians 5:19-23Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and…[Read more]

Gene,Jesus actually implied that the soul is still alive in the grave when he stated Jehovah is not a God of the dead but he the God of the living. So in order for the God's words “I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac..” then Abraham, who body was dead and lying in its burial location had to still be alive and waiting the…[Read more]