Quote (mikeboll64 @ April 02 2013,07:37)Quote (kerwin @ April 01 2013,11:10)Mike,1)  The Son is a metaphor of the Spirit's relationship to Jehovah as there is but one God.2)  Jesus being the Son is also a metaphor of his relationship to Jehovah.Kerwin,  1)  There is no hint in any scripture that God's Holy Spirit is considered or called His “so…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ April 03 2013,01:14)Quote (kerwin @ April 02 2013,12:00)To all,Galatians 4:19King James Version (KJV)19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,1 John 2:1King James Version (KJV)2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ April 01 2013,21:31)Mike and T8,I posted this to terraricca previously.Quote John 8:39King James Version (KJV)39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.Jesus' children are his because they do the works he does.  The are his…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ April 02 2013,07:07)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,14:17)David is a root and branch of Jesse.Show me in scripture that David is a root of Jesse.  In fact, show me from ANY WRITING that a son is the “root OF” his own father.Kerwin?Mike,Do you understand the way of speech where you call a family group by the name of its patriarch?

Quote (david @ April 02 2013,10:17)Does it not seem to all, that true Christians around the world, should generally believe the same things?David,They will come to learn the one true gospel. The true teachers of God will teach it. They are the good fish.

To all,Galatians 3:7King James Version (KJV)7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

To all,Isaiah 53:10King James Version (KJV)10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

To all,Galatians 4:19King James Version (KJV)19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,1 John 2:1King James Version (KJV)2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

To all,Isaiah 9:6King James Version (KJV)6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

To all,Ephesians 1:5King James Version (KJV)5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To all,Galatians 4:26-31King James Version (KJV)26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the…[Read more]

T8,Quote Take a tree laden with seeds. Do those seeds exists as a life unto its own. Or are they merely the potential to become a life of its own? They are part of the tree and begin their own  existence when certain things take place that allow the potential to become actual.Biologically speaking seed are living organisms. The are the beginning…[Read more]

KJ,The customs changed between the time of Mosses and the time of Jesus as Mike pointed out.  1 Samuel 5:7King James Version (KJV)7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.Is Dagon also multiple gods that are one or is it…[Read more]

Mike,The Son is a metaphor of the Spirit's relationship to Jehovah as there is but one God.Jesus being the Son is also a metaphor of his relationship to Jehovah.

Quote (mikeboll64 @ April 01 2013,06:20)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,14:34)Mike,Do you believe that God tents in a believer by his Spirit?I believe that God, who in reality dwells in heaven, can metaphorically dwell within believers via His Holy Spirit.So I guess my answer to your question is “Yes”.Mike,Your answer sounds plausible except I…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 01 2013,12:05)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,05:16)Quote (david @ Mar. 30 2013,21:58)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 30 2013,22:58)Quote (david @ Mar. 30 2013,12:26)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 29 2013,05:33)Quote (david @ Mar. 28 2013,11:19)“I love the church environment.”–jb2uhi Jb.You will find almost no one on this forum who loves the church…[Read more]

Mike and T8,I posted this to terraricca previously.Quote John 8:39King James Version (KJV)39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.Jesus' children are his because they do the works he does. The are his brothers because they, like him, do the…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ April 01 2013,02:52)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,22:11)Quote (abe @ Mar. 31 2013,12:26)Quote (2besee @ Mar. 30 2013,20:39)Good one Abe Hi 2b,Heb.2:9   Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the    Father of spirits,    and live?Peace brother..Abe,It is a…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,22:11)Quote (abe @ Mar. 31 2013,12:26)Quote (2besee @ Mar. 30 2013,20:39)Good one Abe Hi 2b,Heb.2:9   Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the    Father of spirits,    and live?Peace brother..Abe,It is a good one for the point as the same…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ April 01 2013,00:28)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2013,00:24)Mike,2besee understood my question about whether is is flesh and blood that cries Abba Father or if instead it is the Son within.Two different scriptures in Galatians word it two different ways, Kerwin.  One says that WE cry Abba through the spirit, and one says that it is…[Read more]