Mike Boll,When Jesus spoke of his mother and brothers as being spiritually related to him and not physically he was speaking metaphysically. So are you saying that Jesus is stating that David is not his metaphysical father and as evidence to support that point out that he called the Anointed his Lord. If that is the case I am not following…[Read more]

Mike Boll,I am not ashamed of my way of applying metaphysical, i.e. spiritual, point of view methods as Jesus is well known to speak in metaphysical terms so as to hide the truth from those who are perishing. That is why the unbelieving Jews and even those that are believers had trouble understanding his teaching. He expected his students to…[Read more]

Adam,The Jews are rather confused on the issue of the new covenant as they have different teachings about it. Christians also disagree with one another about it. To make a general statement and say Jews and Christians disagree is true as you can always find disagreement between two groups that have various interpretations in them.The question…[Read more]

Adam,If the Jews are not linking the new covenant with the Anointed then they are not using the reasoning skills God gave them.   According to Jewish teaching the Messianic Age is an age of righteousness and the results of writing God's commands on a persons heart and mind is a righteous person.   It is thus easy to conclude the new covenant is r…[Read more]

Mike Boll,There is but one God who is Lord even of Jesus and that makes a comparison involving God invalid.   I already demonstrated to you that a father can be subject to his child if God elevates the child over the father.  With that evidence in mind lets look as what Jesus' question was in response to the scripture he quoted.  Jesus asked “D…[Read more]

T8,I attempted to clarify my point in all but the last paragraph of my last post to Mike Boll.  Please read it as I will assume you did for the rest of my response.First even literal interpretations can vary as the definitions of words like “divine” have different meaning.  Context is important but logical reasoning is necessary to determine w…[Read more]

Mike Boll,You fail to understand the point I was making.  I was not supporting any particular doctrine but rather pointing out the literal interpretation of particular scriptures.  I did not infer anything from scripture and chose only point out what the literal interpretation is, including leaving vague what the scripture left vague.  The li…[Read more]

Barley,I agree with you as what you wrote seems to be equivalent to my understanding.

Just Askin,Listen long and be slow to anger and speak.This is a lesson we would all do good to learn and God is able to change us to do it.

Adam,Actually he did bring about the new covenant which is a major prophecy he literally fulfilled. The question is do you understand both the prophecy and the new covenant.

Irene,I come down from heaven is a vague statement that means in some unknown sense the speaker comes from God. English is like that in you really need to understand the context in which the user is speaking or writing. Jesus often does not give the context leaving his hearers to figure it out for themselves. It is a teaching method. It does…[Read more]

Pierre,There is a difference between the old covenant and the new just like there is a difference between the covenant with Abraham and the old. Each one serves a purpose for God. The law made people aware what God requires of his people but left them to strive to please him by human effort. The new gave God’s people the Spirit to live by a…[Read more]

Pierre,Godly understanding appears to be the interpretation of a man when a human being uses it. The difference is worldly understanding seeks to justify sins or in some other way render you incapable of overcoming them while godly understanding gives you the power of God to stop sinning and thus love as God loves.

Irene,It is alright to cry out to God and tell him you are hurting just as long as you remember that even the hard times in our life serve God's cause of righteousness.God loves you and gives you good things. Like you Job and others have been tested. Satan oppresses you because he hopes it will lead you to curse God. God hopes you will instead…[Read more]

Irene,None of those scriptures explicitly state Jesus is preexistence and therefore you must reach that conclusion by interpretation. You are a human being and therefore you are going by the interpretation of a human being to arrive at what you believe those scriptures imply.I hope God has granted you freedom from pain or at least a lessening of it.

Pierre,I am a Gentle who adheres to the true Hebrew faith. Those that say they are of the Jewish faith today are heretics as they do not believe Jesus is the Anointed God promised beforehand and thus do not believe God.I do know that Jesus is the fulfillment of what God taught to the Jews as well as other Hebrews. Thus Jesus is the cornerstone…[Read more]

Pierre,You can state anything you want is Scriptures definition but I choose to hold to God's which is righteous. I offered both alternatives so that you could choose according the spirit that leads you. If you are led by God then good if not then I hope that you will repent and surrender your will to God. That is your choice and you will choose…[Read more]

Irene,My God grant you a speedy recovery and strength of faith in him during this time if testing.

Mike Boll,It is my understanding that because of their unbelief the Jews failed to understand the spiritual message of what Jesus was teaching. Since they misunderstood the message what they believed he said was was not what he meant.He even makes a statement to the effect in John 6:64-65.

Ed J.I just go to God for the real understanding as he is well able to speak for himself.  Jesus stated that God will give give things to those that truly seek him if they persist in asking, seeking, and knocking with faith and the intention to use what they learn to serve God.I use Greek and Hebrew lexicons to aid in resolving apparent conflicts…[Read more]