To all,Luke 23:46(NIV)Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.Pneuma from the Greek Lexicon at searchgodsword.org1.the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son a.sometimes referred to in a way which emp…[Read more]

To all,There are two possibilities that allow Jesus to be God.Either God can be tempted by sin and scripture is wrong or Jesus was not tempted even as we are and scripture is wrong.  Scripture is not wrong therefore neither of the above explanations is true and Jesus is not God.  Instead he is the exact image of God's righteousnes and holiness a…[Read more]

Worshipping Jesus,My family was Seventh Day Adventist, who are Trinitarians, but I never really thought about the Trinity until someone asked if I believed Jesus was God. I then searched scripture to find an answer. Many of my change in beliefs have resulted from such challenges as I simply do not think to study on many issues I am not…[Read more]

Paladin,Just wanted to let you know I read your post and will address it if the Lord so wills. I appreciate you finding another promise and it like the rest encourages those who seek God's kingdom and his righteousness.

Georg,As you say the first man Adam is created of the dust of the ground.The second man Adam is the spirit that gives life to Adam and so makes him a living soul; as opposed to a non-living one.The second man of each of us is the soul which is said to depart from the first man of each of us with death according to Genesis 35:18. Jesus called his…[Read more]

To all,The below scriptures are from the NIV of Scripture.Matthew 2231 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” 33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. Matthew…[Read more]

Gene,I did find what definitions the lexicon at searchgodsword.org gives for might which is translated from the Hebrew word” m@’od”adv 1.exceedingly, much subst 2.might, force, abundance n m 3.muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly a.force, might b.exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree) 1.exceedingly 2.up to abund…[Read more]

Mike,God is not tempted by evil and human beings are.  I believe you would be better to use the angels as an example in your argument as they were tempted and those who did not fall instead walked by the Spirit.  I do not know if angels were tempted like we are and yet did not sin.  I do know that scripture states Jesus was and it states that fo…[Read more]

T8,Technically many Catholics believe scripture is a number of stories told for teaching purposes and not actually the Word of God. I believe other sects that call themselves Christians also have a similar tenet. Would you state such individuals are believers?

Karmarie,I believe souls exist in Sheol/Hades with form but no bodies. These souls are able to sense, communicate, and much else we do though probably not in the same way. I also have come to believe they are the the breath of life that gives our bodies life. I do not believe these bodyless souls are the resurected human being.

Quote (karmarie @ Feb. 20 2011,02:37)Kerwin, I have to say too, lately you have been writing some really good posts!Thank you! May God's name be glorigfied and not mine. I believe God moves me at time and other times,sadly, I allow myserlf to get in the way.

Pierre,Thank you for oppening a new topic about souls. I plan on posting there.

Gene,You should consider what the Hebrew words translated to “heart” and “soul” in Deuteronomy 6:5 mean.The word translated to “heart” is “lebab” and is defined to mean:1.inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding a.inner part, midst 1.midst (of things) 2.heart (of man) 3.soul, heart (of man) 4.mind, knowledge, thinking, refle…[Read more]

To all,In some of the scriptures mentioning “soul” we see that the people of Genesis spoke in the third person about themselves using “my soul” to mean “I” such as in Genesis 19:20, Genesis 49:6, and Genesis 27:4. This could just mean that they considered that the soul the most crucial part of them.In Genesis 34:3 and Genesis 34:8 we learn a…[Read more]

Tim,Scripture such as in Jude 1:14-16 and 1 Corinthians 5:13 teaches us God judges. God has righteous to do so because he is over us all. He is all knowing and so does not err. He is all righteous and so is just an merciful in his decisions. 1 Corinthians 5:12 teaches us that it is up to believers to judge those inside the church, though not…[Read more]

To all,I do not support segregation as Jesus ate with sinners and tax collectors.   It does depend on the viewpoint of the site administrator and the moderators he apoints.  The last I knew Adam did state he believed in Jesus but not the writers of the New Testiment.  He also has some doubts about the old.  He gave another point of view that wil…[Read more]

Tim,I am sure the God you acknowledge and the one Adam acknowledges and similar but there is obvious differences in that Adams states his God would not contribute DNA to a maiden he is not married to. He also states that his God does not have DNA to contribute. You on the other hand believe otherwise. In at least that way your God and Adam’s a…[Read more]

Mike Boll,From what you state Adam and Eve had neither the knowledge of how to do good or to do evil. I cannot conceive of an action that is neither good nor evil though I can conceive of actions that are good for one person but not another or are good in certain condition but not others. An action is either born out of love or it is not. If it…[Read more]

Shimmer,I am confident that if we believe what God promised then we will receive it.  God promised that we would be filled with a righteousness that is like his if we yearn for his kingdom and his righteousness.  He did not promise that we would do it be our efforts but rather that he would do it by his, if we believe that Jesus is the Anointed a…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Thank you for clearing up the point that you meant that “fall short” and not “have sinned”. I am sorry for misunderstanding you on that. It is true that all have fallen short of the Glory of God as in his glory God has never sinned. Jesus is the radiance of God’s glory for that reason.You are correct it does not literally state befor…[Read more]