To all,Any sin done voluntarily and not under compulsion is a sin against the Holy Spirit according to Hebrews 10:26-31.  It does not state that explicitly but it does state that one who deliberately sins has no sacrifice for sins left but only a fearful expectation of the lake of fire.  This is why Jesus warned us not to look back once we chose t…[Read more]

Shimmer,You said: Quote Hi Kerwin, Jesus – as you said, overcame the world, ' no-one was found worthy to open the scroll, John wept, but hey – weep not, for behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, he has overcome, To overcome something, there needs to be something to overcome, though Jesus faced temptations he sinned not…. Excellent! A…[Read more]

David the Professor,I am not sure what those who believe that the Holy Spirit is God would conclude but it does seem to create a conundrum where God in one aspect is female.   Of course I have heard a neuter noun and mescaline noun form of the word spirit are used in Common Greek translations of the New Testament as well as the feminine noun form…[Read more]

David the Professor,Geneses 1:2 reads:Quote Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.The Hebrew word “Ruwach” translated into the word Spirit in this scripture can instead be translated into the words “Air”, “Anger”, “Blast”, “Breath”, “Cool”, “Courage”,…[Read more]

David the Professor,God has no gender.  Scripture may attribute that male gender to him as an indication of his authority as the societies and that time were patriarchal.  A patriarchal society is the natural outgrowth of the sexual dimorphism God and the expendability of males in the human sapient kind.  The population of the future generation de…[Read more]

Dennison,If you go to Genesis 11:10-32 you will see that most of the generations of Shem mentioned including the last one lived over 120 years though their life spans were briefer than Noah’s and did get shorter as time went on.  Eber was the last generation that exceeded 400 years the rest being slightly over 200 years in most cases.  There was…[Read more]

Dennison,If I understand you correctly your point is that man was immortal because of the environment. If that is what you are trying to state I must disagree though there may be some truth in what you say as sin effects the environment and all of creation was made a slave of corruption because of the sin of mankind, Romans 8:21.Just as all of…[Read more]

Pierre,God is and so he has no need of scriptures or anything else to get his point across.  He just chooses to use whatever he chooses to use at any given instant for any given person.  I cannot explain why he chooses what he does except to say that God loves each of us and will do what is necessary to enable each and every one of us to reach o…[Read more]

To whomever it may concern,It seems that some individuals believe that Adam and Eve were not immortal before their fall and these people back up that conclusion by pointing to the existence of the Tree of Life.It seems they conclude that there would be no reason for the Tree of Life to exist if Adam and Eve already were immortal. That is…[Read more]

Worshipping Jesus,I am not sure why you consider that statement a circular argument as its conclusion is not its premise.   I do assume that it is true that a human being can and will stop sinning and thus urged you to believe it for your own good.   I also used scripture, in my plea, that does a similar thing though the scripture is addressing t…[Read more]

Dennison,That is off topic as what I wanted to know is whether you think Adam and Eve were created with a body made of immortal flesh or that they had one made of immaterial flesh.Even though it is off topic and I do not think it is important to the gospel of Jesus it does tickle my intellectual curiosity.   I do know that tradition tells us that…[Read more]

Worshipping Jesus,I realize how hard it is to break indoctrination but it is necessary for you to do so in order to claim the prize of being like God in true holiness and righteousness even as you and I are called to do, Ephesians 4:24.It is my sincerest hope that you will claim the prize of being fully mature in Jesus and thus like him overcoming…[Read more]

David the Professor,The Jews have an interesting way of looking as scripture that is confusing to some.  To a Jew God can mean more than one thing by his words.  This is called “entendre” when it is done by people today.  There is the obvious meaning and then the hidden meanings.  Matthew seemed prone to interpret scripture in this way for his aud…[Read more]

Quote (shimmer @ Aug. 25 2010,16:55)Kerwin, thank you, What does it mean by 'hunger and thirst for righteousness' exactly,Shimmer,Jesus is promising you that if you deeply desire to obey all the righteous commands of God and thus stop sinning that God will do it for you.The Holy Spirit fullfils that promise because according to Scripture if you…[Read more]

Shimmer,It is God who judges and not us. If you are wondering if someone will go to heaven or not then I cannot answer you since God does not give us that knowledge and we do not need it. The knowledge he does give us is that some people hunger and thirst for righteousness and those who don't are the children of Satan doomed to destruction. I…[Read more]

David,I am as mystified as you are but I do not visit every forum on this board and the reason may be posted somewhere.  I hope that he is doing alright and if health or something ill fate has come upon him than may he recover.All I know is the God is good and all things happen for his purpose.  Many mystify me because I know so little and am so blind.

Irene,I agree that God knows all things and knows exactly what will happen in the future and has known such before he even created anything.  With this knowledge he chose Jesus to be King of everything on Earth and in heaven before he even created either heaven of earth.   In this way Yahweh glorified Jesus in God’s presence even before Jes…[Read more]

Shimmer,God gives to those that ask.  If ask for good things from God then he will give them to you do not doubt. Ask for the Holy Spirit believing by wearing it that you will be righteous and holy as God is then God will give it.  Just do not doubt he will or seek to use it for your own glory for in that case you cannot expect to receive it.  …[Read more]

Shimmer,I am not following why you say that the idea word = “thought behind the words used”.  I plugged it into some and it sounds fine to me though it needs adjusting to fit the tense of the sentence structure.  I did not adjust except a couple of times.Quote Through “the thought behind the words used” all things were made; without him nothing w…[Read more]

To all,Rob Bradshaw, Webmaster earlychurch.org.uk reads:Quote Philo's works were treasured by Christian writers who seized upon his concept of the Logos, thinking that it was the same as the Logos of the prologue of John's Gospel. To Philo the Logos was “the instrument by which God makes the world and the intermediary by which the human…[Read more]