Gene,Please read both Genesis 2:7 and 1 Kings 17:17-23 and compare them. You will find that just as the breath of life gives the flesh life the soul does to. A soul together with the flesh makes one a living creature. The soul that departs from the flesh is still alive but the flesh dies. Because the flesh dies the soul is said to be dead even…[Read more]

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 does not do it but we have confidence that God will do it and so do the r…[Read more]

Gene,There is a human body and a human soul.  The spirit is the essential principle influencing a person and so can be changed.  The soul is the essential person and so cannot be changed.God created Adam with flesh and soul with an essential principle influencing him.That is all self evident.Jesus stated those who lied in their grave were still a…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Feb. 26 2011,21:19)Quote (kerwin @ Feb. 26 2011,01:28)Mike Boll,Both Hades and Gehenna are called pits but Gehenna is the pit of destruction where the wicked go but the righteous do not.  Both go to Sheol, aka Hades.Did you enjoy the information, Kerwin?mikeI was looking to see what old testament scriptural support there is…[Read more]

I am also glad that Karmarie and her household were blessed by God with good health even when tested by the shaking of the earth.

Mike Boll,Both Hades and Gehenna are called pits but Gehenna is the pit of destruction where the wicked go but the righteous do not. Both go to Sheol, aka Hades.

Georg,I can see where it is confusing as spirit can mean the spirit, which can be changed, or soul, which cannot.God instructs us to get a new spirit.  He does not instruct us to get a new soul.A soul is like the wind in form just like a spirit is.Ezekiel 36:26(NIV)I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you…[Read more]

To All,When Jesus states “the Spirit” is life he means living according to the spirit results in eternal life.  Galatians 5 and possibly scriptures confirms this.  When God states life is in the blood he means blood sustains life in the body. The soul does as well but in a different way.

Georg,Please read 1 Kings 17:17-23 and you will see that the prophet Elijah pleads with God to let the soul of the boy “soul come into” the boy’s body. We learn that the soul cannot be the body and the body lives when the soul reenters it. It seems clear that the soul is also called the breath of God and that the soul is not the body. It could…[Read more]

To all,I became curious when studying the use of the “word” soul in scripture as it spoke of the soul as it mention both the grave and the pit in relationship to the soul. I looked up the Hebrew word translated to “pit” in the Hebrew lexicon at searchgodsword.org and discovered it is “shachath” and is defined as:1.pit, destruction, grave a.pi…[Read more]

Pierre,You have many different religions that call themselves Christian.  The question is what is the purpose of the forums.  Is there purpose to teach Christians, reach out to the lost,  a mixter of the two, or something else.   That is up to those that operate the site.  The idea is to stick to the topic of a thread and have the threads be cons…[Read more]

Tim Kraft,I agree that believers are justified by faith and not the deeds of the law because the fruit of their faith is learning complete obedience to God. If one does not have the faith then one cannot have the fruit and if one does not havew the fruit then their faith is flawed as God does as he says.

Irene, The promise of Jesus that those who deeply desire to righteous as God is righteous will obtain that righteousness is a promise that the will come to love as God loves and so keep the greatest commandment.The First Greatest and Secound Greatest laws are paraphrases of one another since obedience is love to God. If you keep the first you…[Read more]

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 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 t…[Read more]

Mike,Here is the context you requested.Quote Quote (kerwin @ Feb. 18 2011,19:12)The belief that Jesus is anything but a human being just as we are and so fully subject to temptation as we are is a destroyer of the belief that a human being can resist the Devil’s snares though faith in God and so his Son.  You response:Quote Leviticus 19…[Read more]

Pierre,I was pointing out that both soul and spirit are words used to refer to the soul.  I believe in some cases the opposite may also be true.  In either case the context of the usage should make it clear which is being spoken about if you understand the context.I demonstrated by the context of Jesus words that he was talking about his soul a…[Read more]

Mikeangel,Have faith that God will empower you to obey him if you adhere to all of Jesus's teaching and all things are possible for God. God will overcome all your sins just as he created you in the first place as long as you persevere in seeking him and his kingdom.We cannot obtain righteousness by our own efforts but only through living by the…[Read more]

karmarie,Scripture does testify that Christ will gother his people to Jerusalem. That is what the thousand years will be from what I know. I do not know of any scripture that supports the argument that the Antichrist will. I tend to think Israeli, Lebanon, and that area will be sanctuaries for those that flee the Antichrists persecution of the…[Read more]

Ed J.Jesus is not forordained to become a prince of a world enslaved to sin.  His kingdom is the Kingdom of the Holy Spirit.  Those who thought to make him king wished to make him a king of  world ruled by sin and not a world ruled by the Holy Spirit.  A prince is a king to be, or anointed one.Jesus told his student he was made Lord of eve…[Read more]

karmarie,I am glad you quoted from 1 Corinthians 15 since I just noticed that it treats the old body and the new body as the same body which undergoes a miracules change.”It(the body) is sown in corruption; It(the body) is raised in incorruption.”  That makes it look as if the body transforms before being raised from the grave.Plese not the body…[Read more]