Thanks terraricca.

Gene, why do you bother to convince us we have no free will. You obviously expect us to be able to freely choose your view based on the evidence you present to us. And if we did choose to align with your view, then in deed that is a demonstration of someone choosing freely among the options presented to him. So why even bother? What you are trying…[Read more]

@mikeboll64

When I look at your view of Jesus Christ in its entirety I am confused about the following. Perhaps you can clear this up for me. I apologise if you have already done this elsewhere. Also, correct me if I am wrong in representing your views.

You believe:

• The Word that was with God had a beginning.
• Jesus is the Word that was with…

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A must answer question:
Did you know that Jesus was already announced as Lord on the day when He was born as a man?

I am not sure exactly when he became Lord. But I know that God made him Lord.
Whether we think he was Lord when he was the Word or Lord when he first gathered disciples around him, the fact remains he is Lord because God made him Lord.

Found this vision of a guy who died. He experienced similar things to me.

Well these things are not spelled out for us, but it says, “The Lord is the Spirit”.  So believe that.

And God is the God of the living, so I don’t think any part of him is dead or non-living.

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Yes he is the Father of spirits because he is a spirit. Spirit begats spirit and flesh begats flesh.

Finally if there was no difference between ‘created’ and ‘born’ then Jesus as the only begotten means he is the only one created. But I am pretty sure I was created and many others too.

John 1
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

T8, when the above happens, and certain ones are “born of God”, will those ones still be a CREATION of God – even though th…

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And if there was no difference between create and begat/born, then we might as well throw away this scripture because it implies that Jesus was not created if he is the Word of God that was with God in the beginning:

He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come…[Read more]

There really is no difference. Anyone or anything in the history of existence that was “born”, “begotten”, or “given birth” is a CREATION. God CREATED mountains, yet it is said that mountains were “born” in a few scriptures. God CREATED the earth, yet it is said to have been “given birth”.

That is like saying that the rain makes the ground we…[Read more]

@mikeboll64

Genesis 4:1
Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man with the help of the LORD!”

To be fair, I could only see one translation with the word ‘create’ and you probably already knew that. This list was a straight copy and paste from Bible Hub…[Read more]

@mikeboll64
I will answer your questions, one per post.

Our Father in Heaven….
Yet God can dwell in creation by his Spirit.

To me that is the difference between God and his Spirit.

What is God? He is the Spirit.
Who is God? He is the Father of all.

You don’t have to do that. Yes it provides a notification, but just because there isn’t one doesn’t mean I will not participate.

Many are called by the title theos and elohim because of the varying usage of these words. But you trying to get me to believe that Jesus is the Most High God while all others who are called theos are not. This is a…[Read more]