Quote (karmarie @ Mar. 26 2011,14:32)Greater love hath no man, than he who lay's down his life for another.That is a form of love but I was thinking of those who seek go easy on criminals who have not repented of their actions.    It is simmiler to a battered person who believes they must “forgive” their batterer instead of taking action to e…[Read more]

To all,Some think that love your enemy means to aid and abet the criminals before, during, or after the fact.  God disagrees as he states about the wicked.Psalms 50(NIV)18 When you see a thief, you join with him;   you throw in your lot with adulterers. Be careful in showing love to your enemy that you do not aid and abet him in his wickedness b…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Mar. 26 2011,04:26)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…[Read more]

Quote (Wispring @ Mar. 25 2011,15:53)singing to choir Kerwin .                                 With Love and Respect,                                       WispringThat is good to hear as many seem to ignore my words on this subject.

Wispring,You wrote:Quote I choose to walk with God and Jesus Christ to the best of my abilities.If that is the truth then you are doomed to always fall short of the glory of God. It is not the best of our abilities that we seek to be like God in true holiness and righteousness but it is the best of God's abilities that we will both seek and…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Mar. 25 2011,20:55)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 24 2011,23:26)To all,This thread should probably be moved to forum titled “The Bible” as it is discussing a disagreement among manuscripts.KerwinThat is not true because there are no variations or disagreements in the MSS.Every extant MSS (over 5000) has Matthew 28:19 in its tripart…[Read more]

Wispring,I am hoping that people will realize they disagree over a debatable issue as God can be used to refer to anyone in the unity of the Spirit of God.  In a different context it can also be used to those who seek to unsurp the role of God, i.e. god of this world, false gods.

Quote (Baker @ Mar. 25 2011,12:22)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 25 2011,16:02)Quote (Lightenup @ Aug. 20 2010,10:56)What did the ante-nicene church fathers say about the Son as the firstborn of/over all creation?  Do they indicate that the Son was the first to come forth from God and then through Him all things came into being?  Or did they indicate s…[Read more]

To all,Since Jesus was tempted as we are and God cannot be tempted by evil it either follow the we are not tempted by evil of Jesus is not God.Jesus is a decendant of David.   David is a human being.  An angel cannot be a decendent of a human being.  Therefore Jesus is not an angel.Of course people will say all things are possible for God.   Tha…[Read more]

Gene,I believe you have concluded that the spirit is the breath of life.  I have a similar belief in that I believe the spiritual part of man is the breath of life but I differ in that I have come to conclude that the spiritual part of man is composed both of the soul of a man and the spirit that guides that man.An example of the spirit that…[Read more]

To all,What does “Elohim” translated to both “Theos” and “God” mean?

To all,This is a vain argument since the Hebrew word “elohim” is translated to the Greek word “theos” and “elohim” can mean either “God” or “a god”.

Simply Forgiven,One way I learn is through debating ideas but I trust in God to lead me to what is true during them.   I also pray for guidance and test the spirit to see if it is the spirit of righteousness that I hear.God uses many tools to teach us.

Quote (Lightenup @ Aug. 20 2010,10:56)What did the ante-nicene church fathers say about the Son as the firstborn of/over all creation?  Do they indicate that the Son was the first to come forth from God and then through Him all things came into being?  Or did they indicate something else by calling him the firstborn of/over all creation (Col 1…[Read more]

To all,I have no opinion on this matter as I see no real difference between saying the Word is God and the Word is Elohim.

Gene,You inadvertantly confuse me by using different definitions for words than I understand.  What is does “spirit” in your sentence “It (spirit) can never die.” Mean?You also state…Quote That is why GOD can DESTROY us (IN) the GRAVE Kerwin, because that is where we can be DESTROYED for EVER.…which seems to disagree with Jesus who states those…[Read more]

To all,This thread should probably be moved to forum titled “The Bible” as it is discussing a disagreement among manuscripts.I personally do not see any difference between being immersed in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as I do not see it as meaning the their given name.  It could be their family name though I understand it rather…[Read more]

Quote (Wispring @ Mar. 24 2011,15:14)Kerwin,Quote I believe both the soul and spirit are spirit in cosistency which is why they are the part of mankind that gives life to the body.The spirit can be replaced which is why God instructs sinners to get a new spirit.  The spirit is also a guide we walk according to as we are instructed to walk by the…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Mar. 21 2011,15:19)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,00:34)Good point t8,Could you fix the choices to say “a” instead of “the”?  In the title too?Thanks,mikeIt is set in concrete now. I can change a post, but not the choices in the poll.I think people understand the gist anyway.I must admit I checked it and did not catch the “the” as I…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 24 2011,10:26)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Mar. 23 2011,22:24)Wispring………….Just look up the Hebrew word for Soul and the look at all the scriptures using that word and see what they say and you will find out the Soul is the (COMPLETE PERSON), which is a BODY and SPIRIT. Genesis, does not say a man became a LIVING…[Read more]