Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 13 2014,06:47)Hi KW, He was a servant. And God got a small harvest but not from them.Nick,The response in the Areopagus seemed pretty normal according to the ASV. Some mocked him while others wanted to hear more. Right from the start that was the case as some called him a babbler while others took him to the Areopagus…[Read more]

Mike,Quote The definition of the word translated as “earthy” in the ASV, and as “made of dust” in the NET, is:  made of earth.  So the word “made” isn't an “addition” if “made of earth” is the definition of the Greek word.You claim that and yet the ASV did not use it.  There are two Koine Greek words.  The first that can be translated to the “ea…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 12 2014,05:34)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 11 2014,12:54)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 09 2014,23:41)Consider the King of Abyssinia, who also has a spokesman called “The Word”.  Tell me if “the word” means the same thing in both of the following examples:1.  The Word of the King showed up late to work Saturday, so the king had to s…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Mar. 12 2014,01:37)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 11 2014,13:51)WJ,Are you of the trinitarian tradition that believes “the word is God” is saying the word is qualitatively God?Hi KerwinI believe that the very essence of what God is as Spirit, is exactly what Jesus is. There was a debate by a brother named Isa 1:18 and t8 a while…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 12 2014,01:38)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 12 2014,00:42)T,If you choose to take Revelations literally then Paul is not one of the 144,000 as they are sealed during the opening of the sixth seal that John sees happening in the future.Revelation 6:12-7:5Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)12 And I beheld when he had opened the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 12 2014,09:39)Hi KW, Why stand around with the philosophers of Athens discussing God. ACTS 17 The door to salvation is still open.Nick,Are you one of those philosophers?Why did Paul reason with them?

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 12 2014,06:13)Kerwin,1 Corinthians 1515:47 The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. 15:48 Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly. 15:49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 12 2014,01:27)Hi KW, Theology is a vanity. We can KNOW God but the natural mind is an obstructionNick,Those are the words you voice does not say them. If you instead are saying that discussions that are theoretical but have no point in practicality then I might agree with you since that is the meaning of vain.

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 11 2014,06:15)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 09 2014,18:21)Hi MB, None of the descriptions of the Word before the Jordan say the Word was a sentient being.Sure they do, Nick.  The masculine pronouns in John 1 tell us so.The fact that John the Baptist spoke about the coming of this Word BEFORE he was baptized tells us.There are…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 09 2014,23:41)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 08 2014,12:04)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 06 2014,06:26)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 03 2014,20:21)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 04 2014,06:08)Kerwin,WHO speaks through Jesus in these latter days?Mike,God speaks his word through Jesus. = God's word speaks through JesusNo Kerwin.Those two things do NOT…[Read more]

WJ,Are you of the trinitarian tradition that believes “the word is God” is saying the word is qualitatively God?

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 11 2014,02:24)Hi, Are not the WOMEN spoken of the WHORE and her daughters?Nick,Good question for T.

T,If you choose to take Revelations literally then Paul is not one of the 144,000 as they are sealed during the opening of the sixth seal that John sees happening in the future.Revelation 6:12-7:5Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 11 2014,06:10)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 09 2014,23:56)Soulical is the literal translation of Koine Greek word………The “literal translation”, Kerwin?The Greek word is a synonym for “fleshly/fleshy”, and most translators render it as “natural” – not “soulical”.My spell-correct program doesn't recognize the word “soulical”,…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 11 2014,00:08)Hi KW,Theology is not of God but of men.We can know Him.Nick,Theology is the study of God and can either be of man or of god depending on the principles that study is based on.  Everyone on this board, including you, are engaged in theology as we seek God.  Perhaps you are trying to use the word theology t…[Read more]

Quote (jammin @ Mar. 11 2014,19:49)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 11 2014,02:48)Quote (jammin @ Mar. 10 2014,19:44)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 08 2014,10:37)Jammin,If you are a believer and your spirit exists in the form of man then you will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.i am a believer. i do exist in the form of man. what about you? what is your form? are you…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 09 2014,22:11)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 09 2014,12:41)Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 09 2014,09:18)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 09 2014,08:46)T,I believe throne is the symbol for God's Kingdom's center of power. In other word's the multitude is standing before the center of power of God's kingdom and before Jesus the King.  Their physical…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 10 2014,07:08)Hi KW,No long theological terms needed Paul wanted to die.Rom 7Nick,I have trouble suffering willful ignorance and what you wrote sounds like an anti-intellectual remark dressed in your religious beliefs. God does not support “hostility towards and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectual…[Read more]

Quote (jammin @ Mar. 10 2014,19:44)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 08 2014,10:37)Jammin,If you are a believer and your spirit exists in the form of man then you will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.i am a believer. i do exist in the form of man. what about you? what is your form? are you not MAN by nature? yes or no?Jammin,Are you confessing to be a mere…[Read more]

Quote (carmel @ Mar. 09 2014,19:22)Quote God is not unique in his righteousness as Jesus and the angels are like him in true holiness and righteousness.  In addition believers are called to put on their new selves created like God in true righteousness and holiness. Kerwin,YOU REALLY ARE IN A BAD STATE!UNLESS WITH THE WORD LIKE YOU ARE IN NO…[Read more]