T8,I would state no at I believe it would be diffilcult to enforce fairly and effectively.I personally judge what questions are important and what are not and my judgment would probably not always be equivilent to another.I believe the best way to handle the lack of answers to dirrect questions is to ask them in the Hot Seat forum and say it is a…[Read more]

Paladin.Scripture does not state Jesus is 100% man nor does it state he is not.  It does state he is a man and that he was made like his brothers whom are 100 percent man.  It also states he unlike God can be tempted by evil and it also asks “to which angel did God ever say …”I disagree with your interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4 as I believe…[Read more]

Quote (Baker @ April 02 2011,11:30)Quote (Baker @ April 02 2011,03:13)Quote (Baker @ Mar. 25 2011,18:42)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Dec. 22 2010,04:54)Irene………..You do not believe Jesus came into existence as a Human being , you believe he was a there as a disguised Past existing being just as the Gnostic's did, the only difference is that you…[Read more]

Gene,In the Preexistent thread you wrote to Irene:Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Dec. 22 2010,04:54)Irene………..You do not believe Jesus came into existence as a Human being , you believe he was a there as a disguised Past existing being just as the Gnostic's did, the only difference is that you think he was “Morphed” into a human being from a past…[Read more]

Quote (seekingtruth @ April 01 2011,17:23)Love is not fulfilled by always being “nice” to one another. Sometimes love brings correction although without condemnation. John 7:24 “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” However I believe we should be very careful when we bring correction, a loving correction always…[Read more]

Wispring,These are scriptures that state that God commands us to love and has always commanded his people to love. It is a choice or God would not command it. A command is a law.John 13:34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.Mark 1228 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them d…[Read more]

Pierre,You are correct if you are stating that the Jesus teachings are discerned by the being led by the Spirit of God.  Those that are led know what the spirit of Jesus’ words is, whether he is phrasing them in mystic words or not. We are indeed to eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus and by believing he is the Anointed of God and ob…[Read more]

To all,John 3(NIV)1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see t…[Read more]

To all,I addressed the issue of what Gene was stating about the spirit of an anti-Christ in his thread about the Anti-Christ.

IreneGene wrote:Quote Irene………What i said is the belief of Preexistences, is the SPIRIT of ANTICHRIST and if the shoe fit wear it. Do you believe Jesus came into “EXISTENCE AS A HUMAN BEING” no you do not believe he did COME INTO (EXISTENCE) AS A HUMAN BEING, YOU BELIEVE HE ALREADY EXISTED, AS A DEMIGOD OR ANGEL OR WHAT EVER, but you do not…[Read more]

Quote (Wispring @ April 01 2011,17:36)Hi Kerwin,   I love you.           Love and Respect,              WispringI also care about your welfare.

Tim Kraft.I would rather not place myself in God’s shoes.   I can tell you that the man whom rejects the message God is a man of hate, though that hate may be merely be the disregard of the ill effects of his actions on himself and others.  On the other hand the one who loves God looks out for the other before his own self but also loves the…[Read more]

Wispring,The definition I am using is “the whole body of binding practices of a community enforced by a God”.  I have paraphrased it from definition 1a2 for law in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.The command love your neighbor is the sum of the law and is the practice of the Christian community, which is enforced by God, though he is pati…[Read more]

Tim Kraft,I used the miracle of the healing at the pool of Siloam to demonstrate that faith gives birth to actions. The fact the man washed himself in water to complete the miracle just served as a way to symbolize that being immersed in water can complete the miracle of receiving the Holy Spirit in its role of councilor. We know the man who…[Read more]

Tim Kraft,This addresses the rest of your post to me, that I incompletely addressed earlier.I believe the scriptures which in paraphrase state” the heart of a man is deceiving” and “there is a way that appears to be right but leads to death in the end”.    I can therefore tell you I believe I have a clear conscious but that does not make it true f…[Read more]

To all,Here are some claims made about an early, First Century, split in the Christian religion.  I have not had a chance to investigate them yet.   I find it interesting that no Jew was a bishop of the Jerusalem church after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

Quote (Lightenup @ April 01 2011,00:13)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 31 2011,04:41)Quote (karmarie @ Mar. 31 2011,15:12)JA would like to say; “John 1:1 says,'In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the Word was God'.Since we know that Jesus 'was' the Word AND John mentions neither the Father nor the Holy Spirit, please can you show how…[Read more]

Irene,Providing my memory is correct, if Gene is sticking to the teaching from John then he is labeling the doctrinal tenet you believe in to be from the Anti Christ.  He also included the Trinity tenet in that label.I do not believe he is calling you an anti Christ.I also believe you understand the scripture in John he is refering to…[Read more]

Wispring,The story of the fall also states if man ate from the tree of life after eating from the tree of good and evil would become like Elohim.  The would thus know how to commit both good and evil deeds and would also be immortal.  Since God did not see this as a good thing I am of the opinion that man would have become like Satan and not l…[Read more]

Kangaroo Jack,Jesus' disciples immersed disciples in water before the Great Command. The Great Command told them to keep doing as they were already doing except that a promise was included.