Gene,

I here you.

Take care!

miia,

I don’t think that believing Jesus preexisted or was a superior human being is an obstacle to faith.

It is needful to believe that Jesus was tempted even as we are in order to be created like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Hebrews 4:14)

That is to say that we can be like him in true righteousness and holiness even as he was l…[Read more]

Nick,

I am not seeing where you said anything significantly different than what I did.

Nick,

Abraham was led by the Spirit to go into the Land of Canaan but he could not walk according to its ways as he could only look forward to Christ.

We are taught John the Baptist waxed strong in the Spirit (Luke 1:80) and was filled with the Spirit from his mother’s womb (Luke 1:15)

According to Matthew 4:1 and Luke 4:1 Jesus was led to a…[Read more]

Nick,

If you truly think that what I said is a presumption the it follows you believe Scripture is broken.

It is a simple idea to understand that those that live according to the flesh are in bondage to sin while those that live according to the Spirit are in bondage to righteousness.

It is a basic teaching of the new covenant and Jesus did say…[Read more]

Nick,

I said nothing about satisfying me but rather about your teaching disagreeing with Scripture.

When you come to believe it is the Spirit which sets free from sin then you understand a little more.

Nick,

He that is of the Spirit does not sin as Love is the sum of the Law but he that is of the flesh is a slave of sin for he does not know Love. Those under the Law are slaves to sin for it is the Spirit that sets one free from sin. That is what Hebrews is speaking of.

Nick,

Have you considered disagrees with Scripture for it is written”

Hebrews 7:11Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the…

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Miia,

The situation is that those that think Jesus is preexisted believe he is superior a human being and that later is an obstacle to faith. The only ways Jesus was superior is that his faith has continuously been mature and he has had the Spirit to live by. The later we can both obtain and walk according to through obeying the gospel and…[Read more]

Gene,

We do not always have enough evidence to determine the details of why God chooses to do something but he always chooses because of his great love. Some of his choices break his heart but they are still the most loving choice.

I am confident people are given the choice in order to reveal their hearts. Not everyone gets the choice to…[Read more]

Gene,

Ransom is usually used in cases when a person is took captive against their will and the payment is asked for there release.

A slave is a forced worker that may or may not be taken against their will but who is considered property. The choice of redeem works to hint at the aspect of the purchase of property.

It is really a choice based…[Read more]

Gene,

Because it is not speaking of ransoming an individual but rather redeeming them from slavery.

There are both synonyms so I do not see where there is a significant difference.

miia,

I understand.

Danny,

Thanks!

Danny,

I read it but obviously my brain was not fully functioning. I am sorry!

Danny,

Jesus was tempted by sin even as is common to other humans while the one true God cannot be. If you are too blind to see that you accuse God of being subject to being tempted by evil when you claim Jesus is him then there is really nothing I can do to open your eyes though I am compelled to try.

942767,

I have hear your words.

Nick,

A few words from a passage that changed a question to a statement. I mentioned it on the last page. It is who knows if a man’s ascends to heaven and a beasts descends into the ground.

Gene,

I hope Nick realizes his memory failed him but I do not expect him to acknowledge a weakness as doing so is rare among humanity.

Miia,

Hebrews 1:1-2Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

The word that spoke to Abraham cannot be Jesus since…[Read more]