Quote (chosenone @ April 07 2010,13:11)Hi kerwin.Quote In other words “Alpha and the Omega” is equivalent to the “First and the Last” and is also equivalent to “Origin and the Consummation”.Yes, you have quoted correctly what I believe, thank you.God Bless, Jerry.You are welcome. I wanted to reinstate my beliefs on the matter which is to say that…[Read more]

Nick Hassan,I do not know of this teaching of the two resurrections.  I am more familiar with the Old Testament that only seems to speak of one.  Is a teaching that comes from the book of Revelations?Are your perhaps misunderstanding scripture that is actually teaching the same thing that Daniel 11:33-35 speaks of?In John 5 the word “…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 07 2010,04:21)Hi KW, After the judgement they go to the mansions??The gates of Hades cannot hold Jesus or his brothers.Job 33.22 in context speaks of man coming towards the end of his life.Hades does not hold Jesus or his brother's since they either already have been or will in the future be resurrected.   It is only…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 07 2010,04:05)Hi KW, The spirit of man returns to God.Scripture is replete with information about earthly Sheol.But the mansions of Christ await the sons of the first resurrection.I was disturbed by my lack of knowledge and so have done a little research and found a verse to confirm my understanding. The verse is 33:22…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 07 2010,01:47)Hi KW, Are you best equipped to rule on translations?The Spirit of God spoke through Jesus.I actually put it before you so that you could decide for yourself whether Jesus was stating that God would take the man's life or his soul.  Does not the breath of life that is in a man leave him when he dies?…[Read more]

Quote (chosenone @ April 07 2010,03:13)Quote (kerwin @ April 06 2010,23:03)Choosenone,Is that also your understanding of Alpha and Omega which are the first and last letters respectively of the set known as the Greek Alphabet?kerwin.   I'm not sure I understand your question, I think I have answered what is my understanding in my previous posts.…[Read more]

Choosenone,Is that also your understanding of Alpha and Omega which are the first and last letters respectively of the set known as the Greek Alphabet?

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,15:06)Hi KW, WEAK SPIRIT? We have another new concept? Natural life is given by God one day at a time. We take our bucket to the well daily till He says 'enough' and the rope breaks and it falls to the bottom”You fool. This very night your soul is required of you”Obedience to Jesus does not lead by itself to the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,15:10)Hi KW, We do not need too many dictionaries to know the ways of God. The Spirit reveals the Word.A dictionary is used to obtain the meaning of a word used in expressing the knowledge of the ways of God.  The gaining of knowledge depends on understanding the message.I am fairly sure you know that you are…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,13:48)Hi KW,It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words I have spoken to you are spirit and are life…Implication??Seek the Spirit in the Word.He meant exactly what he taught.  The body without a spirit is dead, or non-living as was Adam before God breathed life into him.   It is not t…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,14:12)Hi KW, God indeed breathed into the dust of earth and man became a livingsoulI added to my last post to actually answer your point.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,13:50)Hi KW, The spirit of man give him lifeSOUNDS LIKE is never enough being only personal implicationJon 32:8(NASB) reads:Quote But it is a spirit in man,         And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. But perhaps Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite is not speaking of God's breath that mad…[Read more]

Nick Hassan wrote:Quote The flesh contributes nothing. Do you believe that?  I ask because nothing means neither good nor bad as it has no effect.  I wonder why Jesus did not state “nothing good” instead”  Perhaps he was impliing that?

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,09:23)Hi KW,Again you find a time in scripture when 'spirit' is used as 'soul'.There are many of them. The Word will show you the difference.I agree with you that in some cases the word “spirit” is used as a synomyn of the word “soul”.   The question then becomes is this one of those times.  You state it is but p…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 06 2010,08:39)Hi KW, Indeed Jesus spoke of such unclean spirits. But never in terms of the spirit of man. That concept belongs just to you.Please read Psalms 32:2 and then tell me in whose spirit, of the group of human beings whom has not yet entered the new covenant and whom are of the age of accountability, is there no…[Read more]

Gene,I am going to disagree with you on several of the points you are making.Since God treats demons as if they exist in scripture I choose to believe they do.Certain beings are called spirit which is referring to the unseen realm and not necessary the spirit of righteousness.   The realm or more precisely realms are unseen because choose to hide…[Read more]

Choosenone,Place the word quote in “”'s before the words you wish to quote and /quote in “” after the words you wish to quote. You were close as you just had the order reversed.I usually write the source the quotes attributed to and then either the words “wrote” or “reads” just before I quote. There is a more official way to do it but I do not…[Read more]

Choosenone,So, you are calling both the new and old creations one creation. I can see that argument. Thank you.

Choosenone,The Lord turned my mind to our discussion this morning and these are the thoughts that came to me.Are you stating that Jesus is both the creator and destroyer of creation?  If so then I fail how that fits the context of the verses from Revelations you mention.  orAre you stating that Jesus was the first individual created and the last i…[Read more]

Gene,I disagree with you that knowledge is intelligence even though you may need a certain level of intelligence to comprehend certain knowledge.   Therefore I would say that intelligence is more your ability to comprehend and manipulate knowledge.  When we are speaking of the spirit of righteousness I would even go so far as you mental i…[Read more]