Pierre,The prophet Jeremiah speaks God's Word in Chapter 31 verses 31-33 to foretell how the new covenant differs from that which those of the Old Testament knew. We are told that the law will be written on our hearts and put in our mind. Those of the Old Testament did not have that advantage that we gain by living according to the Spirit. If…[Read more]

Tim Kraft,I agree with you that God is all present and so that means that both his soul and spirit are all present. Never the less, it does not follow that the wicked have the soul of God though it is present in their bodies as it is in a rock or even in space where nothing exists. We know from scripture that the righteous before the new…[Read more]

Ed J.,”Ego” is a psychological term and because of that I am not sure it exactly fits the definition of “soul” as used in scripture though there are similarities.”Spirit” on the other hand would be closer to a combination of the id and superego.  Onece again I am not sure it is an exact fit.If you look at the definitions of those terms then…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2010,14:34)Quote (kerwin @ June 25 2010,19:17)Ed J….one gets a new spirit and put the old one to death.  One does not put their soul to death as their soul is them.Your fellow student,KerwinHi Kerwin,                             /What you said here does not square with this verse…Rom.8:16: The Spirit itself beareth…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2010,14:01)Hi Kerwin,What you are trying to say is unclear to me.Please explain what you are trying to say…Are you saying… A soul is a body or husk? Are you saying… God has a body like we do?God blessEd J http://www.holycitybiblecode.orgEd J.The soul in not the flesh.  The soul merely inhabits flesh.  The soul is not t…[Read more]

Nick Hassan,If you are stating that the only way to become truly righteous is to submit yourself to God and allow him to do his work through you then I agree.That is why Jesus promised us blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5:3.

Ed J.I am declaring that I am confident that God has a soul not only because scripture states so but because the nature of things is that the soul is the individual.  A “person” without a soul is not truly a person but merely an automaton such as the robots currently being employed by BP in the Gulf of Mexico or the computer you are acce…[Read more]

Ed J.,I enjoy reasoning with you.   It is my concern that you confusing God's soul with his spirit.  From what I understand the soul is the person themselve while the spirit is the guiding principles that person lives by.  God's spirit therefore is the love he fells for each and everyone of us as well as himself.   When we live by God's spirit we…[Read more]

Pierre,Thank you for the scriptures.Why do you think Jesus prayed that he would not do his own will if it would not be sinning to do so?

Ed J.Being born again does not mean you lose all sense of reason as God after all is rational and what he states does not conflict with anything else he states. In fact God challenges those who seek him to reason with him in Isaiah 1:18 and that is a challenge I am overjoyed to take. I freely admit in order for that reason to both sound and…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 25 2010,10:18)Hi KW, One Spirit, of truth, wisdom, power, righteousness and glory.1Cor12 ,Eph4Thank you! You are most likely correct to conclude that I was speaking of different types of working of the same spirit. My doubts stem from the fact that to live by the spirit you love as God loves and that seems to be…[Read more]

Pierre,Are you confussing the workings of the Spirit of God with the Spirit of Righteousness one lives by?  I myself do not know if they are different spirits or just different types of working of the same spirit.  One example of this is that speaking in tonges is the Spirit of God while living a righteouss life by faith is living according to t…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ June 24 2010,20:54)Quote (kerwin @ June 24 2010,20:44)Nick,In you do not understand what a corrupt spirit is how will you reconize it if you read about it?  That is why I asked if you knew what a corrupt spirit is.  There is no purpose to quote scripture that you cannot understand because of your lack of knowledge of words a…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 24 2010,16:25)Hi KW, It is the NEW HOLY SPIRIT that is given to men that produces fruit in righteousness.'not by might nor by power but by MY SPIRIT'I agree that the new spirit does produce fruit in righteousness but that is true of any holy spirit or it cannot truthfully be called a holy spirit.   That is why there is…[Read more]

David,Though I am convinced your conclusion is correct the logic behind is flawed.   Language can be applied in ways that are seemingly not sensible and showing ownership is such I case.  The word combo “myself” shows the flaw in your logic since it is a case where I posses me.  Ed though obviously does not know what a spirit is or he would see th…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 24 2010,15:45)Hi KW, We are people of the Word. But you would offer your ideas as equivalent?Nick,I am pointing out what I understand when I read scripture.  I am sure that understanding come from God because it is in tune with the nature of God.  You on the other hand seem to have difficulty with the letter of the law a…[Read more]

Nick,In you do not understand what a corrupt spirit is how will you reconize it if you read about it?  That is why I asked if you knew what a corrupt spirit is.  There is no purpose to quote scripture that you cannot understand because of your lack of knowledge of words and ideas.I can tell you what and how I have learned.  In Galatians 5 we ar…[Read more]

JustAskin,You may be correct and I may be misunderstanding the question asked by this thread. I do believe that human beings are conceived or at least born with the ability and inclination to be tempted by evil as even Jesus was tempted even as we are. That ability and inclination is what I would call the sinful nature. That nature is known…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 24 2010,12:27)Hi KW, You keep teaching about a corrupt spirit. Do you have any scriptural support yet?Do you know what a corrupt spirit is yet?

Barley,Thank you for answering my request.  I have some concerns to air.You are correct that Paul teaches us that the Law is our schoolmaster until the comming of the new covenant.  It is our schoolmaster in making us aware of our sins and providing a way to atone for them though it does not aid us in overcomming our sinful natures.The later is d…[Read more]