Gene,I understand that you would have difficulties with this topic due to your related beliefs but please try to read what I write and consider it in your responses. I have stated quite clearly that Gehenna is the lake of fire mentioned in the book of Revelation into which Sheol will be cast at the end of days. Gehennah can obviously therefore…[Read more]

Mike,I noticed some off topic posting but actually it is the moderators job to correct that.  I believe a moderator can do several things to do so including copying posts to the apropriate are and directing poster to post in the origional thread.  A PM warning to anyone still persisting in posting in the old thread after they are informed of the n…[Read more]

Pierre and Tim,Remember that Jesus taught us to remain in him so that we will bear good fruit? The fruit he speaks of is the works of righteousness. We are taught the works of righteousness are summed up in the command “Love your neighbor as yourself”, Romans 13:8-10. If we love then we do not sin. If we sin then our love is not complete. Je…[Read more]

Quote (Kangaroo Jack Jr. @ Mar. 02 2011,21:37)Quote (Ed J @ Mar. 02 2011,19:25)Hi Jack,What do you plan on doing if they 'forgive' the $7,500.oo debt, keeping the $7,500.oo part of 'the loan' that was 'paid back'?Your brother in Christ, Jesus!Ed J (Joshua 22:34)http://www.holycitybiblecode.orgThe congregation does not know that the pastor has…[Read more]

Dennison,Are you feeling ok?  You seem to be on edge.  Please don't let the devil lure you into error.  I have been drawn into error when my guard is low because of stress, tiredness, or other factor of that type.   It is not a pleasant experience.  May God who is able to give you widom and strength grant you both.

Pierre,This board is a divided place!  It is not a denomination.  If those who host this board with to make it that then that is their privilage.  From what I understand though it is a place meant to debate scripture in order to search out the truth.  Anyone can do that as long as they follow the rules of the debate.  Those who do not should be d…[Read more]

Quote (TimothyVI @ Feb. 25 2011,15:59)Quote (Tim Kraft @ Feb. 25 2011,20:51)For me the Old Testament is highly destructive. It produced a destructive religion that left mankind in darkness and sin(ignorance) needing someone to explain the truth of life. Most of the so called gods of the ot were murderers and theives if they truly did what was…[Read more]

To all,Scientists have the problem of group think when they come up with one model to answer a number of questions. As they come up with additional evidence they have to spin it so it fits in with their previously conceived notions. That is why when their interpretation of scant evidence indicated hot gas giant's were sometimes located near suns…[Read more]

Kangaroo Jack,If you see a good you can do and do not do it then you sin.   In this case you would be reporting what you heard and that is considered hearsay testimony.The people who have the standing in this case are the parties that made the deals in the first place.  From what you state the couple donating the money had a deal with board and t…[Read more]

Gene,I realize you believe in universal salvation which causes difficulties with you understanding scriptures pertaining to Sheol, Gehenah, or the parts of Sheol where the souls of the wicked and righteous dwell in segregation from one another.  I believe this has led you through lack of knowledge to accuse me of mixing Greek mythology with the…[Read more]

Pierre,I am unsure if you are making the connections I am pointing to in scriptures so I am going to do a walk through.First let’s read Jeremiah 31:31-34…31 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with thei…[Read more]

Karmarie,What a person needs is soul that hungers and thirsts for righteousness and to reach the stage in life where they have a broken spirit and contrite heart, aka being poor in spirit.  Anyone this describes is one of the blessed, just as Jesus teaches us in the b-attitudes, Matthew 5:3 and 6.    It is also part of the idea expressed in Jo…[Read more]

karmarie,May God bless your cousin and family members that they may seek God and so benefit from these hardships as only those who love God can.

Irene,If you want someone to learn you should teach those that have something to learn.  Those that doe not believe whether they are a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist, or even a false Christian are the ones that stand to profit most by hearing the word.  If the rules are enforced and they must base their discusions on scripture then they will be d…[Read more]

Gene,The original word used in Matthew 10:28 is Geenna which is Gehennah, The Valley of Hinnom which according to Jewish tradition was a place where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned.   In no way can it be translated “Grave”How do you explain that men can destroy the body and not the soul if you believe the soul dies…[Read more]

Mike Boll,It appears I was unclear. I understand the Jehovah Witness explanation of why Gehenna is used to symbolize the lake of fire and the scriptures used to support that symbolization. I am not aware of Old Testament scriptures from why the idea symbolized by Gehenna was derived. I suggested that some scriptures mentioning pit could very…[Read more]

karmarie,I agree but the prize is worth the effort and the perserverence. Know that through Jesus all things are possible for those who seek God's righteosness and his kingdom. He will do all he states if we believe without doubt and seek to serve him in all our being.

Pierre, You wrote:Quote this you say to Mikeangel;;We strive in vain to obtain righteousness if God does not do it but we have confidence that God will do it and so do the righteous works he puts in front of us knowing that we can only do them by the grace of God.  In that way we bear the fruit of God not from our own effort but rather from the…[Read more]

Quote (karmarie @ Feb. 27 2011,14:12)I did this days ago but forgot about it and didnt finish it or post it, so here anyway! “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise…Psalms 51:17) Blessed are those who mourn, for t…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Feb. 27 2011,18:20)Quote (kerwin @ Feb. 28 2011,01:52)Quote (terraricca @ Feb. 27 2011,06:20)Quote (kerwin @ Feb. 24 2011,22:33)Mikeangel,I agree that God does everything including choosing who will obtain the prize.  He does that for his reasons and his reasons are righteous.  We strive in vain to obtain righteousness if God d…[Read more]