Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 12 2008,04:33)Hi ST,True. But what of the spirit? The heavenly body has no relationship to the spirit of a man.Nick,I believe that our heavenly body will still include our spirit. Is there some scripture I'm not aware of that leads you to believe otherwise?

Nick I agree, but I believe a soul can be housed in either a physical body or a spiritual one.

DKPersonally I believe that those born again their soul/spirit goes to Heaven when they die to await the resurrection of their body. This I believe happens when the Lord returns to set up His Kingdom on earthQuote  I Cor 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52in a flash, in the twinkling of an ey…[Read more]

It helps once you've gone through trials (having placed them in the Fathers hands) to later see how you've benefited (not that during them they seem to have any value). The Father is the source of the peace that passes all understanding. I have asked the Father to accomplish His will, but as much as possible to answer your prayers (not that my…[Read more]

Some consider spanking kids “evil” and while it is undesirable to both the one receiving and the one dispensing it, it is for a greater good that parents should practice this and it is for the greater good that the Father will cause some of what we call evil to come to pass. However I agree with WJ that man, and satan through man, are the…[Read more]

Quote (david @ June 29 2008,02:02)Quote (seekingtruth @ June 29 2008,06:10)Quote (david @ June 29 2008,00:56)Quote it does seem that the JW's tend to fret over not using His name much the same as the pharisees did over using it.–seeking“For all the peoples, for their part, will walk each one in the name of its god; but we, for our part, shall w…[Read more]

One point I would like to make as “my personal opinion” is that one of the purposes that God had when making this world was to basically to give satan “enough rope to hang himself” or in other words, to show heavens inhabitants the end results of allowing evil to exist (and consequently why the lake of fire was necessary).Wm

Wikipedia defines evil as: Quote a broad term used to indicate a negative moral or ethical judgment, often used to describe intentional acts that are cruel, unjust, or selfish. Evil is usually contrasted with good, which describes intentional acts that are kind, just, or unselfish.Based on this definition I believe it is impossible for the Father…[Read more]

Jerry,In my opinion 1) Salvation is obtained when you recieve the revelation of what the Father has done through His Son and you determine to place your trust in it at the expense of your desires for your life.2) Seeking further revelations of God and His Son3)  Departing from the faith through a total disregard of God's righteousness by…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 03 2008,09:18)Quote (Irene @ July 03 2008,13:01)Quote (Nick Hassan @ July 03 2008,10:02)Hi Irene,Is the day of the Lord one day?Can the morning and evening by 24 hr time be shown when the Sun is yet to be created?Nick  If you are referring to the Millennium it is a thousand years.The sun and the moon were created for our…[Read more]

Quote (seek and you will find @ June 10 2008,03:23)We all could stand a little bit more Love around here, that is my opinion.Peace and Love Mrs. Good opinion

I have changed many of an idea and find it very valuable here as you can read both side of the argument and what scriptures they use to support it and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit you can find truth and see how scripture are being mis-interpreted to support the other side. I fully agree the scriptures are to help us to know God and are not…[Read more]

I found too many scriptures indicating non-equality between Father and Son. At the time I believed there were only 2 options either you believed (in the trinity) or you were a non-believer. It was one of the hardest things I ever did to accept the possibility that it wasn't as I had been taught, I was greatly concerned that I may have “missed the…[Read more]

I found too many scriptures indicating non-equality between Father and Son. At the time I believed there were only 2 options either you believed (in the trinity) or you were a non-believer. It was one of the hardest things I ever did to accept the possibility that it wasn't as I had been taught, I was greatly concerned that I may have “missed the…[Read more]

Quote (david @ June 29 2008,00:56)Quote it does seem that the JW's tend to fret over not using His name much the same as the pharisees did over using it.–seeking“For all the peoples, for their part, will walk each one in the name of its god; but we, for our part, shall walk in the name of Jehovah our God to time indefinite, even f…[Read more]

David, you asked “Seeking truth, how important is God's name to you?”It's important, same as my earthly fathers, but I don't believe I've used my dad's first name more then a few times (unless talking to people who don't know either of us). You state that when you know someone well, you use there name, true, unless their your parents then you…[Read more]

I'll do more study on that it's intriguing, thanks – Wm

Thanks

I believe that Jehovah was used so much in the OT as there was still a separation between us and God and it was more “formal”.Personally I believe that Jesus may have used His Fathers name while teaching but mostly would have expressed His relationship as He was teaching those who knew of Jehovah but being prior to the “Spirit of sonship” the idea…[Read more]

So the “times” referred to are the “times of the gentiles”? Multiplied by the “7 time” factor, it began with the invasion of the Babylonians in 606 B.C., and ended in 1914 A.D., ? Do I understand now or am I still missing it?Do I also understand that you believe that WWII was the time of Jacob's trouble.I love speculating on prophecy and have no…[Read more]