To all,So it is written:Psalms 16:10(KJV) reads:Quote For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.AndPsalms 30:3(KJV) reads:Quote O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.AndPsalms 49:15(KJV) reads:Quote But God will…[Read more]

Martain,Thank you for your answer.John Brenner is most likely correct in part since at times the word soul does appear to mean the whole individual but as David said it also appears to have other definitions.For instance John Brenner’s definition does not appear to fit the context of the scripture Deuteronomy 6:5.

David,Thank you for answering my query. That soul may have more than one definition in scripture is consistent with how words are often used in various languages. I have to research what you have told me and that may take some time.That translators may have shown bias in translating from one language to another is a fact that should be obvious…[Read more]

Nick,It seems to me from reading scripture that you are correct that the soul is the person who lives in the tent of their body and walks according to the ways of their spirit.

Gene Balthrop,I am curious about what what you believe is the purpose of the soul is in the Human body and what scripture you use to support that belief on?The same is true about the spirit.You state that a dead person no longer exists and yet Samuel who was dead obviously exists when the witch of Endor summons him.Samuel's response to being…[Read more]

Gene Balthrop,My point is about the spirit and not about the flesh.  When one dies the breath life leaves them.   At this time they are considered dead.   Now there is evidence in scripture of their existence after wards.  Samuel's apparition is an example of this evidence.  If Samuel is dead at the time the witch summons him then he does not have…[Read more]

George,It is true that Abraham and the other prophets of God are saved by their faith because they chose to believe what God states. In fact all those that are saved under the law are also saved by faith which is why it is written the “righteous live by faith”.Both Acts 4:12 and Galatians 2:16 were written after Jesus ascended to heaven and…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ April 30 2010,22:37)Kerwin………Wrong Samuel's Spirit was still in existence. His Soul was dead He did not exist as a Soul any longer and will not until he receives another Body and Spirit added back into IT.  A soul = a body and spirit. A soul can not exist without both. IMOpeace and love…………………geneIf the…[Read more]

George wrote:Quote Act 4:12   Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  This scripture is true but it brings a question to my mind.  How was Abraham saved since he lived and died the first death long before Jesus was conceived?George wrote:Quote Gal 2:16   Kno…[Read more]

George wrote:Quote Who are these angels?I do not believe that scripture tells us that though there is a possibility that Revelations 12:4 speaks of it.   Satan’s fall is also mentioned and is possibly linked to the fall of man in the Garden of Eden.George wrote:Quote And why are they compared to Sodom and Gomorrah?That is not a comparison.  T…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ April 29 2010,21:11)Kerwin………Jesus told the disciples that every hair on their head was numbered, this can easily be done by retaining a persons DNA and GOD can easily reconstruct a Body by it. That Should not be difficult for our generation to understand.  Scripture says Man became a (LIVING) Soul when the Breath or…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ April 29 2010,21:09)Quote (kerwin @ April 29 2010,17:12)Terrarica wrote:Quote ok you have established what fear is,now explain why it is the beginning of wisdom? It is the begining of wisdom because it shows you know God's commands are just and loving since he is looking out for you. KWin your comment you assumed that all men…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ April 29 2010,20:46)Kerwin………….> PHOBEO ….> is where we get our word Phobias , and it does put you in flight even from FAITH in GOD. It creates a dread and causes instability and makes for a unsound mind. ” But you have not recieved a SPIRIT OF FEAR, But of Love and Power and of a (SOUND) MIND”. When are you Just…[Read more]

George,This scripture answers your question.John 3:16-21(NIV) reads:Quote “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned,…[Read more]

Gene Balthrop,There is some confusion here since the Hebrews sometimes used the same word to mean either soul or spirit and the context of the passage tells the difference.   The problem here is that I am unsure what the soul is.  I doubt it was spirit part of Samuel that the Witch summoned since I do not believe the spirit contains the identity o…[Read more]

Terrarica wrote:Quote ok you have established what fear is,now explain why it is the beginning of wisdom? It is the begining of wisdom because it shows you know God's commands are just and loving since he is looking out for you.

Terraricca,You have some scriptures that you are tying together with a whole lot of stuff that is simply not written in scripture.    Where is it written that the nephylim who perished in the Great Deluge became demons?   I also get the idea you believe all nephylim perished and yet scriptures speaks of their descendants existing after the Gr…[Read more]

Gene Balthrop,I look up the Greek word in a Lexicon and if I understand correctly it is “phobeō” and has several possible definitions not just one.Whenever this happens you choose the most apropriate definition given the context of the passage. I was pointing out in my previous post that you were choosing a definition that ignorred the context of…[Read more]

George wrote:Quote If your reasoning is that he destroyed them because of their evil; what is keeping us alive?His kindness and patience with us that stems from his ability to suffer our evil action why hoping that we change.  Romans 2:4 and 2 Peter 3:15Never the less God states those who are not in the Anointed One are under the his wrath,…[Read more]

Gene Balthrop,How do you interpret scripture that reports that the Witch of Endor summoned the soul of Samuel to speak to King Saul?