Pierre,I did use human terms to describe God's love but did not lower it to human form as no man loves his neighbor as himself in the way God intends. In truth you can only do so through faith that Jesus is King of everything and that God acts through him. Without faith you cannot please God and so cannot love as he commands.

Irene,You wrote:Quote Kerwin! If you believe that Jesus went to Heaven, then you should also believe that He was not with the body He died with. Why?? Because Scripture says that1Cr 15:50 ¶ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Scripture also declares:1…[Read more]

Pierre,I mentioned enough of the occurrences of angel to point out the similarities of the bodies of some to Jesus’ after his resurrection. I agree that events involving angels involve them having bodies and those claiming they do not need to explain those occurrences. The different types of angel bodies are not the topic of this thread.I u…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 11 2010,20:06)Quote (kerwin @ Dec. 11 2010,18:07)My convictions on this matter lead me to conclude that the natural flesh and blood body of Jesus was buried after his crucifixion and that he rose in his imperishable spiritual body on the day of his resurrection and it is that body that his students of the time bear witness…[Read more]

Ed J.According to the Seven Laws of Noah God commands each nation to make godly laws.  He also commanded each of his people to obey the laws he put over them.  God then chose the 12 Tribes and made laws for both them and the nation they would come to inhabit.   A non-Hebrew resident of Greece would not obey the laws of Israel.  On the other han…[Read more]

Pierre,Thank you for the correction.

Pierre,You state I have an non-scriptural view but are unable to prove it with a scriptural interpretation based on godly principles. Please make you case. Thank you!I do feel my conclusion is based on incomplete evidence and so I am looking for more. You have not provided any. Please provide some. Thank you!

Ed J.,God commands the Children of Israel and all who dwell in the land of the twelve tribes to obey all the commands in the law of Mosses and the Sabbath is one.Still, God did give the Sabbath as a bleshing to the Hebrews and the Gentiles dwelling in Israel and Judah.The Ten Commandments like the rest of the law is fullfilled by living by the…[Read more]

Laurel,This thread is about Jesus being the Messiah prophecized of in the Old Testament and our discussion is the Law of Mosses v the Spirit of God.   I answer you in a new thread I am labeling Legalism vs The Spirit Part 1 and subtitled About the Sabbath.  Please joing me there.  I hope other interested parties do to.

Adam,My point is that you are biased against Christianity and so accept what those who accuse it state without actually testing their words. I am speaking in general as you do not consistently do that. There are just simply too many false accusations to address them all. The bottom line is that either you believe God or you do not.As for me…[Read more]

Pierre,I believe you must be baptized in faith because without faith you cannot please God, Hebrews 11:6. I also believe that each of us must do as Peter instructs us in Acts 2:38-39 and “Repent and be baptized in faith and water by the authority of Jesus and so God for the forgiveness of our sins”. He also tells us that by doing this we wil…[Read more]

Pierre,My conviction is that Scripture means both as the definition that fits is “affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.” The “concern” is the desire part while the “affectionate” is emotion part. In other words desire that stems from strong and benevolent affection for your God, your fellow man, and yo…[Read more]

To all,According to 1 Corinthians 15:36-39 the answer to what kind of body wills the dead be raised with is that it will not be the body that is sown and it will have flesh as God determines.  According to verses 42-44 the body that is sown is perishable and natural while the body that is raised is imperishable and spiritual.  We also read that f…[Read more]

Just Askin,You choose not to believe what scripture states and thus you are judged by the word of God. God attests that the Witch of Endor summons the spirit of Samuel. If you believe God then you believe that he is not lying when he states that. In addition Deuteronomy 18:11 also speaks of spiritualist and those who consult with the dead.…[Read more]

To all,If you are sincerely addressing the point of whether spirits have bodies then you must address the phantasm of Samuel summoned by the Witch of Endor. A ghost is a spirit after all and the Witch was able to describe the spirit she saw. She was disobeying the law that banned the summoning of spirits, Deut. 18:11.If a ghost is a disimbodied…[Read more]

Adam,Do you even bother testing your sources that launch derogatory attacks on those who write the New Testament? If you had then you would have realized that x has already proposed one solution to the dilemma of which Zacharias Jesus was speaking of. I tend do not put much stock in her solution as it is a tenuous solution that cannot be…[Read more]

Just Askin,Then you must not believe that the Witch of Endor summoned the phantasm of Samuel to give the King Saul advice and who instead rebuked the king.You must also not believe God when he declares the disciples thought Jesus was a phantasm.  The word phantasm is actually closely related to the Greek word they used.In addition Jesus proved he…[Read more]

Laurel,It appears you are holding to the letter of the law and not the spirit. I have no idea why it is so hard for people to understand that God will fill them with his love if they have faith in his Son and so in him. The sum of the law is love your neighbor as yourself and the Sabbath day is not so much about love as it is a gift of love…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 10 2010,02:01)Quote (kerwin @ Dec. 10 2010,13:16)Pierre,I am stating that God among other things is the actual emotion of love as he intends us to love, 1 John 4:16.   Since he is love he cannot not love or even be tempted not to love. To love others as yourself in the way God intends you to is right because if you always…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Dec. 10 2010,01:11)To all,Do ghosts, aka phantasms, have spiritual bodies?If so are their bodies like the bodies of other spiritual beings?Just looking for answers.