Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 21 2012,12:46)Hi LU, Jesus ascribed goodness to the Father.No man is born righteous or can make himself good.Even the first step, repentance, is a gift from God.Nick,Jesus by His very inherent God nature has always been righteous and He has never ceased to be righteous.If He were just a man, his righteous could not redeem…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ Feb. 21 2012,09:05)Quote (Lightenup @ Feb. 20 2012,15:06)Marty,But it is Jesus' goodness/righteousness that saves us and that was what the young man was asking about…what can he do to obtain eternal life. Jesus tells him that there is one good and to follow him if he wishes to be complete. So, I think that the NASB translation…[Read more]

Hi Marlin,Thanks for all the time that took. you said:Quote If you believe that Jesus was a spiritual being before He came to the earth, then you worship a little god.Why would you say that? You are a son, does that make you less human than your father?I believe God the Father begat the Son (who was always within Him before being begotten) who is…[Read more]

But Nick you have not faced the fact that the Son, not as the Messiah, but as the Son before flesh, was with the Father in the beginning and it was the Son that laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of His hands.

Quote (cavedave @ Feb. 21 2012,00:11)Quote (Lightenup @ Feb. 21 2012,15:12)Cavedave,I was reading the above post of yours and was agreeing with you until you said that Jesus came in the natural and then the spiritual. I was wondering if you believe in the pre-existence of Jesus before His birth in Mary. Do you?KathiJesus was a man born of a woman…[Read more]

Nick,The passage refers to the Son of God and that is my point…the word is the Son of God. The passage tells us that it was the Son who laid out the earth and heavens in the beginning.

Mike,You could say that He was the firstborn of the creation of God and in that way He is the beginning of the creation of God. That would show you that there was a begettal and not a creative act. Adam wasn't considered a firstborn because he was a creative act.Kathi

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 20 2012,23:48)Hi LU, Is the word BEING there anywhere?Nick,This passage clearly shows the person of the Son in the beginning:Heb 1:8But of the Son He says,         “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,         AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.9“YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS…[Read more]

So Nick,Do you think that we give back our life and it is no longer ours after we die?

Marlin,I didn't ask you if Jesus is the 2nd person of the trinity or if He is a little god. I just asked you if He pre-existed (His birth in Mary).You said that God spoke and the WORD came into being. Was the Word the begotten God who was with the begetter God in your understanding?Kathi

Nick,John 1:1c tells us that the Word was God, and God is spirit, not flesh, and God is a being so the Word is a spirit being. Those are all scriptural terms.

Nick,Do you think that a soul can die or must it be destroyed by God?

Marlin,So you do not believe in the pre-existence of Jesus, right? I just want to make sure I am understanding you.Thanks,Kathi

Cavedave,I was reading the above post of yours and was agreeing with you until you said that Jesus came in the natural and then the spiritual. I was wondering if you believe in the pre-existence of Jesus before His birth in Mary. Do you?Kathi

Quote (942767 @ Feb. 18 2012,19:01)Hi Kathi:You asked:Who is the husband?Jesus is the husband of the church, watching over God's Word to perform it.Love in Christ,MartyHi Marty,Thanks, now let me ask you this…is the Father the husband of the church too?Kathi

Nick,Are you saying that Jesus' spirit that He gave up remained alive?

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 20 2012,13:41)Hi LU, Yes the Spirit of Christ.The Word was with God and the Word was GodNick,Was the 'Word' a spirit being in your opinion?

Mike,The beginning of the building – Architect (noun).

Quote (Marlin1 @ Feb. 20 2012,14:31)Hi Kathi,The first sin is a whole different can of worms.  I can say this, that in scripture Eve is said to be the mother of all living. Gen 3:20.  No where in scripture will you find that said of Adam.The Blood in Adam was the created blood of God.  Just as it was in Jesus.God BlessMarlinMarlin,Are you sa…[Read more]

Pierre,I hope not…I'm always forgetting to bring my phone