Hi Nick,Quote The Spirit of God is not limited by donkeys, but human babies?Say what?Quote We cannot be born Spirit filled so how can we follow him? Did you know that John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit while in the womb of his mother?Luke 1:15-1615 “For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor,…[Read more]

Hi again,Quote So the question is WHEN did he become anointed.The Spirit manifests in power but he showed no amazing powers till the Jordan. Well, I believe that He was anointed with power whenever He needed to serve His Father in a powerful way. The power of the Holy Spirit can come and go and comes for different purposes. The filling of the…[Read more]

Hi Nick,The Son of God, when He came as a human baby had the powers of a natural human baby-none except maybe cry, suck, and eliminate. The Son took on the limits of a human baby, no prior knowledge, no special abilities, just like a natural human baby. The same spirit that He was born with before creation continued within the human babe.LU

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 28 2008,23:26)Hi LU, Was he filled with and led by the Spirit of the Father, or was he working in his own original powers you claim he had? Of what did he empty himself?Hi Nick,Please read this carefully because I don't think that you are grasping this:As I just stated in the above post, I do not think that He came into…[Read more]

Hi Nick,No one can make Him anything that He is not and no one can lessen Him except in their mind. We ought not limit Him to meet our comfort zone and our specifications.If I needed a physician and I could choose between one with no experience and one with years of experience who has been taught under the best of all physicians, the latter one…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 28 2008,20:37)Hi LU, His anointing by the Spirit of God was witnessed at the Jordan and enabled him to begin his works of power. he was not a superman we cannot followAre you competing with Him or following Him? The more super He is the, more I would want to follow Him. We can be like Him in that he overcame sin with…[Read more]

Nick,The more He witnessed the power of His Father in creation and everything else would only make Him a better leader for us to follow. He leads us to the Father and explains the Father. He witnessed the Father's powers firsthand at His Father's side. When He became limited within a man's body He felt temptation like us, yet overcame it. That…[Read more]

Nick,When I say that the Son of God received all of His powers from His Father, why do you ask “So Jesus should not have ascribed all power to God as he did?”Man can be filled with the Holy Spirit and much later receive their anointing of the Holy Spirit to begin their ministry.

Hi Nick,All powers He had were given Him by the Father from His beginning even as a heavenly being.He was born in the flesh as a man that was Christ the Lord even on day one as a baby.His anointed ministry as a man began at Jordan.LU

Hi Nick,Quote Posted: Sep. 29 2008,08:25 Hi lU,Of course the DWELLING amongst us may refer only from the time of his anointing.He was barely noticed before then among men. Hi Nick,You are forgetting these events:Before conception:Angel appears to Mary telling her that she will conceive, by the Holy Spirit, the Son of God.An angel appears to…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Sep. 28 2008,14:29)Quote (gollamudi @ Sep. 26 2008,20:50)Hi all,Here are some arguements on Jn 1:1 which I have taken from a site. Please gothrough with open mind.” In the beginning was the Word,     and the Word was with God,     and the Word was God.”        (John 1:1)  Perceived by the “man of extraordinary faith”:…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 20 2008,15:36)Hello Gollamudi,Yes, I understand that you can't see my perspective.  Be that as it is.  I would really like to know your thoughts after a good long look at these verses, pay particular attention to what the speaker says about Himself in v. 16:Who would you say is the “I” in this passage:Isa 48:12-1612 “…[Read more]

Georg and Irene,If the one spoken of in your Proverbs passage is a foster child then He would need to be adopted just like us to be God's son. No where in scripture is He referred to as a “foster child” or “adopted” other than this translation. Scripture tells us that He is God's only begotten Son, not first adopted but firstborn. I would…[Read more]

Hi t8 and Tim,I go to a church, a Baptist one, and I disagree that all churches exist to feed itself. Good grief what a judgement! The church I go to reaches out to missionaries with financial support and physical support all over the world, lots of them and to each other. We have survived over two years without a senior pastor and we have not…[Read more]

Hi Irene and Georg,I'll be praying for you two. Georg, your close walk with the Lord has been your best preparation for this trial you are facing. Many people have fought that fight and have come out victorious. Keep your mind on Christ. Phil 4:8-98 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,…[Read more]

Adam,Thank you for your response.The Son of God is not another God that is the source of all things good. He is the very Son of that God though, the only begotten son, God of God, and is credited with being the one who laid the foundation of the earth.Heb 1:8-128 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS…[Read more]

Nick,To not overwhelm the reader. I have included enough to show an important message. LU

Hi all,I think that Jesus would have spoken to a gay person in much the same way that He spoke to this Samaritan woman who was living with a man outside of the covenant of marriage.John 4:7-267 The Woman of Samaria There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to…[Read more]

Hello Gollamudi,Yes, I understand that you can't see my perspective. Be that as it is. I would really like to know your thoughts after a good long look at these verses, pay particular attention to what the speaker says about Himself in v. 16:Who would you say is the “I” in this passage:Isa 48:12-1612 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I…[Read more]

Hi Stuart,Quote How did the death of any christian martyr ‘benefit man’? How is dying for a cause an indicator of truth of that cause?You asked how the death of any christian martyr benefit man. There was a man named Jim Elliot and his purpose was to evangelize Ecuador's Quichua Indians who killed him and one of the results of that action led…[Read more]