Pierre,I agree with what you wrote though perhaps there are nuances that we disagree on.

Adam,I often fall into Satan's snares and God has to rescue me.  I believe I see a little but that may still be legally blind according to God's point of view.It is absurd to believe that the writers of the New Testiment are anti-Semites as most of them are self-confessed Jews.  They also teach that Jesus was and is a Jew.I do admit that they do a…[Read more]

Adam,I merely call the false Jews what they chose to be by following the lies of the evil one.  The fact that they are following those lies is plain to everyone and these false Jews have corrupted  the image of the one true God by their false teachings.  The are no different than the liars who call themselves Christans whose argument they often ba…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 14 2010,01:30)hi KW, Meditation is not analysis.I wanded to make sure I was correct before I wrote so I looked in the Merriam-Webstrer online dictionary for the definition of metitate and was told the synomyn is ponder which sounds a lot like analize to me. In addition under the entry for ponder I was told that “mediate…[Read more]

Adam,The false Jews you like to cite interpret everything to back up what they believe and even you admit they are in error at times. So what? The question that we seek is what God means and you have yet to show that you know that God means when he tells us to seek his righteousness and his kingdom.I urge you to seek out what they means instead…[Read more]

Gene,I see what your point is but you are misunderstanding what I am stating as you seem to be misunderstanding what I mean by cause.  If I were to say Satan caused the Pharaoh to refuse to let the Hebrew people go it would not mean Satan was the one that chose to refuse to let the Hebrew people go but rather that he introduced the temptation,…[Read more]

Gene,I know the issue is confusing because the word “spirit” is used with two separate though similar meanings.Demons are the outside forces that cause (see note) people to sin. The can also use one person to tempt another. Two examples of this is a “friend” who offers and alcoholic a drink of liquor and a predator out to get his date drunk to…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ June 08 2010,16:03)Adam,The blood of the passover lamb's blood was meant to spare certain individuals from a visit of the angel of death.The blood of Jesus also spares certain individuals from a visit by the death.One symbolizes the other in that the Passover suggests the power of Jesus' death to lead to eternal life for his…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 13 2010,00:48)Hi KW, Continued analysis of the book and it's adherents is unhelpful.Stop thinking and submit to the discipline of scripture.Where is that written.  Did you perhaps write your own book to scripture because I cannot remember any scripture to support your words.Instead what scripture tells me is:Deuteronomy…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 12 2010,16:07)Hi KW, You derive hope from little evidence.The greek philosophers have all but destroyed the truth. Logic and inference have been the main driving forces for apostasy for 2000 years.The only drive for apostasy has been the lusts of the sinful nature.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 12 2010,13:13)Hi KW, Then why do you offer inference and logic?If inference and logic is based on godly principles then it is godly wisdom. The fact you do not know that shows you are in darkness on the issue and have not chosen to come into the light. When you come into the light on it then you will understand what God…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 12 2010,10:40)Hi KW,Man's ways are not God's ways. Let the principle of 2 Cor 13.1 guide your understanding.If you have been listening I have been urging you to let those principles guide your understanding.

Nick Hassan,1 Corinthians 2 does descibe spiritual wisdom and worldly wisdom in more detail and I am believe the same general principle can be applied to knowledge.  I believe logic is wisdom but that would depend on how the people at that time classified it which I am not possitive.    I do get the impression from scripture that they co…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 12 2010,03:26)Hi KW, The UNCLEAN spirit of men is not scriptural. man is a vessel and his spirit returns to a Holy God at deathSo according to you a spirit of whoredom is not an unclean spirit?

Nick Hassan,If I glorify logic it is only because I know it is one of God’s gifts and thus I praise the maker for his good and wonderful workmanship. I have clearly stated to correctly use the tool of logic you must be guided by the spirit of holiness for if you do not you use the tool in vain. When you are guided by the spirit of r…[Read more]

I have looked at Matthew 12:43-35 and it is plausible that Jesus was personalizing a spirit rather than speaking of demons but I am doubtful that is the case as multiple spirits come to inhabit the individual at the end.I have also looked at Hosea 4:10-12 as it mentions individuals with the spirit of whoredom chasing after idols.  That does not…[Read more]

Nick Hassan,I am of the opinion that more than intellectuals understand logic.  I am assuming you mean one given to study, reflection, and speculation as opposed to chiefly guarded by the intellect as rather that emotion and experience.  I am of that opinion since people in general use logical reasoning though they may not understand the m…[Read more]

Adam,You are correct if by speculation you mean “Contemplation or consideration of a subject”.   I can also reach a conclusion that becomes a hypothosis based on the idea that a covenant is put into force by a sacrifice.I suppose a self sacrafice would be a self slaughter where one self is the victim but the cause for doing so being noble or in…[Read more]

Nick,Jesus drove demons out. Do you think Hosea is speaking of demons. I did not think so but perhaps hearing your view may give me some insight I do not have without it.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ June 11 2010,12:30)Hi KW, Yes you have applied the principles and measures of the world to sacred scripture.Righteousness comes by the work of the Spirit in men not by their useless striving.Nick Hassan,Then you have not been listening for it is the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes, and the boasting of what he has…[Read more]