Quote (Nick Hassan @ Dec. 22 2008,09:02)GB, God will overcome any bible problems for those who are enlightened by His Spirit.After all the Spirit wrote the bible through men.We must abide in the sacred writingsAnd the “devil” has used his prophets/teachers to distort the message as well.We must rightly divide the word of truth, separate truth from error.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Dec. 22 2008,08:55)Hi Jodi, Are we helpless to deal with the errors?Should we prefer to trust our own judgement?If it is unreliable then it is worse than that, a source of deception I guess you will stop quoting scripture too if you cannot trust any of it.Nick,That is totally not what we are saying – we are saying it has…[Read more]

Nick,God has spoken through the prophets and has revealed his secrets, however we are told that there were false prophets among the people as well. We are also warned that there will be false prophets/teachers in christianity starting from the 1st century before the apostles were even dead. Jesus says search the scriptures in them you think you…[Read more]

Thank you Gene,Well said  ………  When Jesus said that God wants those who will worship him in Spirit and truth I think that relates to this well – the worship is knowing who God is and loving Him with your whole heart and your neighbour, the motivation is love/awe/reverence.The fruits of the spirit if love, joy, peace    – not fear

Quote (TimothyVI @ Dec. 22 2008,01:29)Quote (david @ Dec. 21 2008,17:19)As well, for me, if a true God exists, he'd not only want his message out, but he'd make it available to mankind. The Bible in whole or part is available almost everywhere. It's been estimated that there have been between 6 and 7.5 billion Bibles printed.And would He also…[Read more]

Topic – Fear of God I agree with Gene and Mandy

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Man is body, soul and spirit – show me clear scripture that says spirit is to be destroyed – I see lots of scripture that says flesh and blood does not inherit the kingdom of God and is to be destroyed, but none that says spirit is to be destroyed.

Nick He was speaking to the pharisees and saducees about what was going to happen – he was telling them that they needed to repent and to bring forth good fruit I think there is a personal message and a national message here nationally he was saying the if they didn't repent the axe was ready to cut down the tree – 70AD there would be national…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Dec. 21 2008,07:11)Hi, Some confuse the punishment of the lake of fire with salting.We who are in Christ will not suffer the wrath of God. But all will be salted with firey trials.Mark 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Dec. 21 2008,06:33)GB, Let scripture teach. We do not cobble verses together indiscriminately to justify our doctrines.Let the Holy Spirit teach, study the scriptures – I believe the Holy Spirit is the teacher and the scriptures are the text books with the curriculum in it. As Jesus said to the pharisees Quote John 5:39-40…[Read more]

Nick Nick everyone has to match scripture against scripture because the plan of God is revealed in ALL of scripture in all of the books, Genesis has prophecy in it which matches to Revelation – it is set up as a piece here and a piece there to be put together – when you use scripture from Corinthians and Revelation and Matthew and other books to…[Read more]

WJ Exactly,

Quote (Tiffany @ Dec. 20 2008,11:25)MeerkatThe breath of life is not your soul.Ps. 104:29 “Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled, thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”Eccl. 3:19 “For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea,…[Read more]

Quote (Tiffany @ Dec. 20 2008,11:10)MeerkatWhether the lake of fire is real or not is actually besides the point, what matters is, if you end up in it, you will be destroyed for ever, body and spirit.The angels that followed Satan in his rebellion, are commonly referred to as demons; in my Bible they are called devils.Look at the world and see…[Read more]

Death is not a physical place – our body decomposes spirit goes back to God – the breath of life from God made the dust a living soul with out the breath of life and the physical body there is nothing only “death”

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Dec. 20 2008,09:25)It is both. Spirits can and are beings, while words are “spirit” in nature because they come from Spirit beings.God is greater than his words because his words are “of him” or “from him” and are not him. WJAgree, Jesus words are spiritual and pertain to life.

Nick,Jesus was teaching about evil spirits and devils – however he also said that the pharisees were of their father the devil and told his disciples to beware of their doctrines – their doctrines and teachings were “devilish”. A thought – when Jesus was saying to them about devils being cast out of “men” is this symbolic of when the “house”…[Read more]

Quote (Tiffany @ Dec. 20 2008,06:16)GeneDeath is a condition, and the grave is a place where you put the one in, who is in that condition.The last enemy to be destroyed is death, but that can only be done if you destroy him who has the power over death, Satan.1Cr 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Hbr 2:14 Forasmuch then as the…[Read more]

Georg Some questions/thoughts I have – the “lake of fire” is prepared for the devil and his angels “demons” however nowhere do you see the “demons” being cast into the “lake of fire” however you do see that anything (one) not found “written” in the “book of life” being cast into the “lake of fire” which is “the second death” also death and hell…[Read more]