Well hello WJ, how are you Keith? Nice to see you come by. You should stay awhile and show us what you have learned over the years as you have furthered your theological studies. You have caused us all to dig deeper into the word, including myself. Thank you for your kind words! I learned a lot from our challenging conversations.

I know you place…[Read more]

Thank you Dig4truth for responding to the OP. I’m not sure because you weren’t specific but I assume you see your call to love Jesus as you love the Lord your God. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I really appreciate your thoughtful response! Thanks again!!

LU

Nick,

you said: I have taken up my role in the Body.

What is your role in the Body? How can you be a sign post or a check point if you do not know what is going on and get involved? With presumption comes nothing but strife.

Nick,

The Body, united in Spirit comes together to meet physically.

1 Cor 14:26 What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

Do you experience that ever? When was the last time you experienced that?

Anthony,

you said

Lightenup I believe that The only begotten (birth) by the Father too. What your saying is that The only begotten Son was in the Father eternally? Do I have that right? God bless. I’ll have to look in to that thought thanks.

Yeah, we are in agreement on the birth by the Father before creation. While you are processing the idea o…[Read more]

Mike, and all,

Will you all post a response to the OP in the “2 Commandment…” topic? Thanks in advance!

2 Commandments, in Which Way do YOU Love Jesus

You don’t have to post more than once if you don’t want, just answer the OP, ok??? Pleeeeeease!

Why not look for a group that are fellow members of the body you claim to be a part of? Isn’t that the point of being a member of a body of believers, so that they gather together to love, encourage and build one another up? Why is that even a question Nick? If you are a toe, you would benefit from the member who is the foot and the leg and the…[Read more]

Mike,

The firmament/raqia/expanse is “heaven/shamayim according to scripture. You agree that the birds fly in the first heaven which is firmament/raqia/expanse/shamayim but you don’t realize it. All the layers of heaven in between the waters on earth and the waters above the expanse are in what you translate as firmament, Mike. The birds indeed…[Read more]

Hi Anthony,

I never said that the Son was eternally begotten. I believe He was begotten during eternity past. See the difference. Also, do not equate the term “begotten” with “created.” The term “begotten” does not cause a beginning of existense. On the contrary, one begotten has to exist already so that they can be begotten. When you were…[Read more]

Jodi,

you said:

Any lamb that happens to be born without spot or blemish, doesn’t mean that they are going to go through their life remaining without spot or blemish, does it LU??

Any lamb that can be sacrificed as an unblemished lamb will remain unblemished till sacrificed. Jesus was born of God before creation to become the firstborn of all c…[Read more]

Hi Anthony,

I believe that the Son is eternal in the past being within the eternal Father until begotten from out of the Father. I believe that there is one God, the Father who is God together with His Son, united in spirit. I believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit make up one God in the fullest sense.

God bless,

LU

Gene,

Did you miss this post to you?

Gene,

you said:

because you reject him comming into his “existence” in flesh and blood exactly as we have,

Just by the fact that you wrote that comment shows that you cannot read/comprehend what I believe. Where have I ever rejected that Jesus came in the flesh and blood just like our flesh and blo…[Read more]

Jodi, Nick,

Here are several translations of Acts 13:33. You will notice that the word “again” is only in a few translations. I didn’t see it in the original Greek which I linked to below. Also, the word “father” is not in the original Greek. I believe the NASB has the verse correctly translated.

New International Version
he has fulfilled for…[Read more]

t8 and Mike,

If the moon had its own light, an eclipse would not be able to take it away but when the moon is fully in the solar eclipse or fully in the lunar eclipse stage, the moon’s surface that faces the earth is completely dark for a relatively short time.

Mike,

you said:

 Do birds fly where the sun, moon, and stars are?  No.

Did God create the sun, moon, and stars and place them in the firmament?  Yes

Therefore, do birds also fly IN the firmament?  Of course not

my response:

The birds do not fly as high as the sun, moon and stars, true.

God created and the sun, moon and the stars and placed the…[Read more]

Mike,

you said:

I think that, according to your model, your position on earth rotated from west to east, giving the appearance that the moon was moving across the sun west to east.

I wasn’t moving…my family went early to a campsite and set up camp around a picnic table and stayed there specifically to watch the whole event. You’re theory is not…[Read more]

Gene,

you said:

because you reject him comming into his “existence” in flesh and blood exactly as we have,

Just by the fact that you wrote that comment shows that you cannot read/comprehend what I believe. Where have I ever rejected that Jesus came in the flesh and blood just like our flesh and blood?

Before you go around appointing who is an…[Read more]

Mike,

This was just about my vantage point when the total solar eclipse happened…take a look that the moon moved from right to left, west to east. I was just a tad north of there.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/cleveland-tn?iso=20170821

Mike,

you said:

But we never see the moon go across the sky from west to east,…

I saw it go from west to east when it passed in front of the sun during the solar eclipse.

Nick,

You asked me if I attend a church. Yes I do. Most churches that I know about agree that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are interdependently our one God and at the same time, more than one person. The persons are equal in essence. One of the assistant pastors that interviewed me for membership said that he understands the Godhead as I…[Read more]