Quote (Stu @ April 08 2009,18:43)I am happy not to worship a small-minded god obsessed with cursing things.  Including fig trees.Yet here you are like all men, you are dying. If he is that small, then lets see you not die. If this small God can speak things and they happen, then how small must you be if you are subject to his words and commands?

Quote (Stu @ April 08 2009,18:43)He saw that it was ‘good’.  What caused the sudden nasty turn into spitefulness?The soul that sins must die. It is a law. Ezekiel 18:4For every living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son—both alike belong to me. The soul who sins is the one who will die.If Adam parachuted out of a plane the law of gra…[Read more]

Hey Stu.You say have I observed all this. Well can I ask you a question, have you repented of your sin and prayed to the living God for forgiveness of your sins. Have you received his Spirit? If not, then how do you know that this is not the truth? How do you know anything if you don't try it. How do you know what figs taste like if you have never…[Read more]

Quote I am changing my mind all the time.  I used to think of christianity as quaint.  Now I can see how wrong I was.  It is a nasty belief, premised on the death of a human, with the meanest view of human nature and the pure ‘evil’ of telling people that their ailments are caused by their ‘sin’, or someone else’s.  Those christians who call them…[Read more]

David many people actually preach. This is how I came to be a believer. I was raised an atheist and was an atheist for half my life.I learned early on, to ignore any organisation or commitment to a man-made organisation that comes attached with this. The gospel should be given for free with no compulsion to pay any organisation 10% of your income…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 06 2009,17:12)Quote Hi LU,Indeed.Jesus call him FATHER.We should too.Indeed, we should.He is called Father in the Bible maybe a thousand times, probably far less.  (I'm not sure.  I see “father” occurs about 1400 times in the Bible, but many of those instances are for human fathers I'm sure.)But he is referred to by those w…[Read more]

Good posts everyone.I think this subject needs discussion.

Thanks.

Stu. People are different and have strengths and weakness in different areas.Obviously God has allowed imperfection in the gene pool of humanity. Even physical death is part of the curse that he pronounced in the beginning.In case you weren't aware, God introduced curses into the world and in humanity because of sin. The scriptures say sin causes…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Oct. 03 2008,15:41)QUESTION:  Has anyone here ever tried to go to people with the good news?  People on the streets, in the marketplaces, or by house to house?Anyone?I did for a number of years. Not so much now, but as I go into the world and when the opportunity arises.

Gene. If God created all things through Christ, then God still created it. Jesus wasn't creating things along with God in that understanding.Likewise can you say that you created your son or daughter if you had one? Of course not. Even though God creates us all, even then he still does his creating through the parents. So that alone is reason…[Read more]

Your post is bigger than Texas.

I know this, the Father, the son, and true disciples are one.John 17:21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.So should I teach a Trinity composed of the Father, Son, Bride?Also, the Father is the one God.1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us…[Read more]

Of course Stu, there is enough words and vain imaginations of men to answer anything that maybe true. You don't have to be that creative. e.g, are you a bad person? No because I helped an old lady across the street the other day. Your answers are just denials at best. Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked…[Read more]

Quote (theodorej @ Mar. 09 2009,02:56)Greetings Stu……That would come under the heading of judgement….which is the consequences of one actions…For example if you murder someone in the state of Florida and you are found guilty of muder in the first degree….your judgement will be….to be put to death…as a consequence of your…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 16 2009,16:58)Quote (t8 @ Mar. 14 2009,20:53)Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 06 2009,13:28)What is false doctrine?Doctrine that contradicts the doctrine of Christ is false doctrine. Christ is the truth, and contradictory ways are not the truth. Of course we free to believe in Christ, and we are free not to.But if you say you believe,…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Mar. 17 2009,10:28)Quote (Not3in1 @ Mar. 16 2009,16:38)Quote (Lightenup @ Mar. 17 2009,02:48)Thanks Keith for you very long and thorough post…you are a die hard.Thanks t8 for your defense of one faith.Blessings,KathiHi Kathi,Do you share t8's belief system completely?  Do you and him share “one faith”?Thanks,MandyMandy,As far…[Read more]

Many of those scriptures I quoted speak of pre-existence at face value. Unless they are translated incorrectly or don't really mean what they say, then I cannot in good conscience just write them off with logic that is offered to me outside of scripture.You also have the following difficulty if Jesus didn't have glory with the Father before the…[Read more]

Gene.The Logos is identified by using the definite article in every instance in John 1:1. If an attribute or qualification was being sought, why use the definite article which is also applied to God, except in John 1:1c.A second witness to the Logos being Christ is that the Logos was WITH God.The third witness is that the Logos became flesh and we…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ April 07 2009,00:37)T8 wrote:Quote Sure. He existed with God's nature/ in the form of God. The words you say are correct but I do not know if the spirit behind them is the same as that in the scripture.  I ask in hopes of finding out.   In what way do you believe Jesus has the nature of God?  Do you believe they are both de…[Read more]