Beloved wrote:Quote I ask, do you still sin?That is the wrong question.  The question should rather be do you believe God can and will stop you from sinning?The revised question is asking you whether or not you believe in God while the first is not and may be construed as attempting to prove God does not exist.

Quote (gollamudi @ Nov. 19 2009,11:35)Hi brothers WJ, Marty, Bodhitharta, Kerwin and Gene,I appreciate your concern for me. But I am really in dilemma of believing what is written in our N.T especially the Christology of St. Paul which Jesus himself never preached. I now turn towards the religion of Jesus which was Judaism. The God of Israel never…[Read more]

In speaking of flesh the Old Testament writes wrote:Genesis 6:12(KJV) reads:Quote And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Psalma 78:39(KJV) reads:Quote For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. Psalms 145:21(KJV) reads:Quote My…[Read more]

Quote (Tim Kraft @ Nov. 18 2009,17:07)Another angle to the Truth of God could be that whatever each individual sees or perceives, from any and all information avenues avaliable on earth, as his own personal Truth, is the Truth for him. We create ourselves through the choices of information we accept and believe. There are great differences in all…[Read more]

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 18 2009,09:40)Quote (peace2all @ Nov. 18 2009,14:31)romans 5:12,13 – says a lot.    “that is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.  for until the law sin was in the world but sin is not charged against anyone when th…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 18 2009,04:18)Hi BD, OLD MAN is not spirit but BODY.Any more scriptures?I think you meant to address that to me not BD.Whatever the case here is my answer.Then by your reasoning “new man” must be body as well.I am of course assuming your reasoning is consistent.

Quote (Beloved @ Nov. 18 2009,10:41)Oh snap! I didn't see that topic started before! I'll just go read thatI understand as there are a lot of threads and finding one is like finding a needle in a haystack. If you don't know it exists in the first place then it is even harder yet.

Quote (Beloved @ Nov. 18 2009,11:13)Quote (Cindy @ Sep. 02 2009,03:00)Quote (david @ Aug. 31 2009,10:26)New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967, Vol. XI, p. 1034) acknowledges: “In the final analysis, the Catholic doctrine on purgatory is based on tradition, not Sacred Scripture.”“The church has relied on tradition to support a middle ground between heave…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 18 2009,10:24)Hi T, Jerusalem.I believe it has been moved to New Jerusalem.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 18 2009,03:57)Hi KW, So such SPIRIT CORRUPTION is a human religious term foreign to scripture?Or do you speak of those demons or evil spirits?What?I assure you that the original manuscripts were not written in modern English as it was not around yet so the words we read in English language versions are foreign to…[Read more]

Quote (dirtyknections @ Nov. 18 2009,03:31)Expound on this “corruption” as you called it…what exactly is it?A man controlled by the corrupt spirit will choose to violate the law “to love your neighbor and yourself as God commands”.Any list I choose to compose of such actions will not be all inclusive and would probably just include a few generic…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 18 2009,03:18)Hi KW, Where is the CORRUPTED SPIRIT of man shown in scripture or is this just an opinion?We do start behind the 8 ball though as the god of this world has given us all lusts that can conceiveScripture uses other words to express the same concept.  I am sure that you realize that the “new man” in Ephesians…[Read more]

Quote (martian @ Nov. 18 2009,01:00)The issue to can be made clearer in a few simple understandings.The actual meaning of “spirit” in the OT and NT is virtually the same. It means wind or breath. Ruarch in the OT and Pneuma in the NT. In fact the word pneumatic comes from the Greek word. Pneumatic as in moving air.If one had an open mind and rea…[Read more]

Nick brought up another thread where this issue is discussed.   Purgatory is a Roman  Catholic tenet.   Scripture tells us there is the grave and the lake of fire.   The earlier appears to be equivalent to a holding cell you wait in prior to judgment and the second is where a guilty verdict is rendered.  Scripture also declares that after deat…[Read more]

Quote (dirtyknections @ Nov. 18 2009,02:48)Ok…for those that may wonder…I consider myself a Deist…but I have as of late been thinking about the concept of “original sin”I'll start by asking a question…and we will see where this goes…Is it fair that I be punished for something I did not do?There is more that one concept of “original sin”…[Read more]

Quote (gollamudi @ Nov. 17 2009,11:18)Hi brother Kerwin,Was it hidden from even from Jesus if Paul says so?Some things are hidden from Jesus as he stated.  Jesus taught the mystery i.e. secret of entering the kingdom of heaven thus the secret is revealed in his teachings.  If you are either ignorant or unbelieving of his teachings then it is a m…[Read more]

gollamudi,Your sources talk too much and seem to have a penchant for dishonesty or ignorance.  When you are willing to do some talking for yourself on this issue then it may worth discussing.  I am tired of dealing with the babbling of fools.

bodhitharta wrote:Quote How is it you claim who is a false prophet?I don't believe I named who was a false prophet or true one in that post.   We are taught to test the spirit to determine what comes from God and what does not.  I use reason based on the nature of God as testified in scripture to test the spirit of a teaching.  I also beg God to…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 17 2009,05:16)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 17 2009,07:45)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Nov. 17 2009,02:22)Hi KW, God is pleased with guilty children? You must be joking. When we sin He wants us to acknowledge it and learn and move on.You seem to want a schoolmaster not a loving FatherThat is what James states:James 4:8-10(KJV) reads:Quote…[Read more]

Bodhitharta wrote:Quote how is it he comes up spotless and without blame and yet you remain under the cover of guilt?Previously, Kerwin answered:Quote Because you are not walking in his spirit and may not even have it.It is my understanding that an individual still under the cover of guilt is still sinning and thus not walking according to the…[Read more]