Quote (Ramblinrose @ Nov. 06 2004,19:42)You cannot be 100% human-being if you preexisted in some form before your birth.What gives you this idea?It is written that he partook of the flesh and emptied himself of what he had before that. He partook of our nature. Pre-existence doesn't destroy that in any way whatsoever and it is implied.Philippians…[Read more]

How does belief that Yahshua existed before his birth promote error?

I got this from a Catholic website. Might be something of worth in there. I add it to not promote endless arguments about genealogies, but to aid in learning more about Christ and the prophecies concerning him.1 Timothy 1:4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work–which is by f…[Read more]

When we are one with God and with regards to Jesus being one with his Father and them being in each other. Are we one in spirit or Spirit. Is it the Spirit that makes us one, or is it spirit as in unity of purpose that we are one?God's Holy Spirit or unity of purpose? Perhaps unity of purpose can only be obtained in God's Spirit. After all the…[Read more]

True.God makes good things happen even in the midst of tribulation. For God can work out his plan regardless of our choices in life. So long as we are open to listening to him and obeying him. If we align our will with his, he can do amazing things though us in order to demonstrate his mighty power. He is the God of miracles.I have lost count of…[Read more]

According to commonly accepted DNA research I make the following assumptions:I think that Jesus had the DNA of his mother, but he would also need the male DNA for the male determines the sex of the child. The female DNA is only capable of creating females as females can only pass on the X chromosome. It is the Male who gives either the X or Y…[Read more]

True. Knowledge and belief are different. All have the knowledge of right and wrong through our conscience. But only some choose to believe the gospel which is not only confirmed by our conscience, but the Spirit also confirms the gospel message.John 3:18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned…[Read more]

Hi MichaelTheeArchAngel, I realise that you are giving an overview of a discussion that took place on another Forum, so I am not sure what you believe regarding it. But thanks for posting anyway. I have no idea what to believe regarding it though, as there is no backup or reasonable path shown for the conclusions.But the more I learn about the…[Read more]

Yes I think that God is more merciful than we think. We are told that he is merciful, but we cannot speak for God and say that he will overlook this or that.To be safe we need to preach the gospel and baptize all those who believe it and receive it. Anything outside of God's call for the church is God's call.But yes, God is merciful as it is…[Read more]

A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus first used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John's purpose in John 1.Copied from http://www.bju.edu/bible/rev.19.13

Genesis 6:7The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”This verse indicates that God was sorry for creating man. Also I wonder if God really does know everything in advance.If God gives us free-will, then…[Read more]

Yes true, Satan is the god of this age. He is also the Father of lies. All sin is directly or indirectly attributed to him. That is maybe why it says:1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Ephesians 3:10His intent was that now, through the church, the…[Read more]

It's amazing Nick how blatantly clear that scripture is about the chief enemy of God. He is written of in the OT & NT. It would really be an ignorant thing to do to try and nullify all those scriptures that talk about HIM. A saying that doesn't come from the bible, but I think is worthy of being mentioned is:”The biggest lie the Devil told the…[Read more]

Hi Nick, I agree with what you say, but I am not so sure about grace being needed due to the piling up of mens laws. I realise that you pose this as a question only and that it is not necessarily your view. But I offer my take on it.Yes I think that those who sat in the seat of Moses added in weighty laws that were hard to bear. But the law itself…[Read more]

thx BrandonIke, I will check it out later. It's getting a bit late now.ciao

2 Peter 3:8But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.So it is like a thousand years. It doesn't have to be that exactly, although the genealogies seem to be close to each day being 1 thousand years in as far as human history from Adam to Abraham, Abraham to…[Read more]

Yes the word logos appears in nearly all NT books, but which ones are talking about Christ I do not know.I should look at these other scriptures and determine which ones are preceeded with a definite article (in Greek). In English, it appears that most have the definite article, but that is done by the translators to make it readable in…[Read more]

I know that there are some who believe that Jesus/Yahshua didn't exist before he partook of flesh. I have even read some writings that argue this view. But I remain unconvinced. It seemed to me that these writers go to great lengths to say that a spade isn't a spade. Using cultural differences these arguments suggest that the Hebrew culture often…[Read more]

I hold to the belief that Christ was the Logos that was with God in the beginning. I see the meaning of Logos as the expression, the Word, maybe even the image of God. I think that the Logos was a person or a life with his own will seperate to that of the Father, but choosing the Fathers will.I quite like the way Tatian (165 A.D) put it.”For just…[Read more]

Could well be. Some think that they record everything that goes on here into books. Some people claim to have had visions of this activity.Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done…[Read more]