Word in the Greek is logos meaning message.  Not focussing on the actual media of message but on the thought or focus on the content of the message.

For instance, both words and actions convey information.  Both communicate.

Logos is therefore not limited to person or thing, but is both person and words.

God is the source of all light and k…[Read more]

In that very passage you quoted, the emnity is clearly stated.

“even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;”

The law, though holy, was given to hold the believers in check, so to speak, until grace by Jesus Christ was made available.

We now have the responsibility and privilege to live by grace, not the law of Moses.

In that very passage you quoted, the emnity is clearly stated.

“even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;”

The law, though holy, was given to hold the believers in check, so to speak, until grace by Jesus Christ was made available.

We now have the responsibility and privilege to live by grace, not the law of Moses.

In that very passage you quoted, the emnity is clearly stated.

“even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;”

The law, though holy, was given to hold the believers in check, so to speak, until grace by Jesus Christ was made available.

We now have the responsibility and privilege to live by grace, not the law of Moses.

Yes

Basically, those who continue to believe

Romans 12:1-3… and other places, by renewing the mind to think and do what God’s word instructs us to think and do

Depending on the context, the Word could refer to God , or Jesus His only begotten son or it can refer to the written word of God.

God, in order to fulfill his desire and plan for creation and purpose for mankind, had to communicate His will via words or the word.

He did so by Himself or via His son or via the written word (as far as a permanent…[Read more]

No!

God created everthing by himself

However, He did create all things with His only begotten son in mind, even as a loving married couple will prepare for a child

Certainly not water baptism

That was replaced by the baptism in holy spirit, the gift from God who is the Holy Spirit.

The original outpouring of the gift from the Holy Spirit, which is holy spirit, is the baptism of or in holy spirit, but that progressed to being referred to as baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, which has nothing to do…[Read more]

Both.

evidently, there is to be one anti christ in particular

but likewise many people are anti christ in principle

The us and our is one God who uses the plural to magnify His stature as the one and only Creator, without whom nothing other than God would exist

my thoughts is to let each person speak for themselves as individuals.  Although I do not agree with certain denominational beliefs, I also am aware that not all individuals in a denomination strictly adhere to their denominations doctrines.  My dad was raised Roman Catholic and remained so all of his life, as far as I could tell,  but he ex…[Read more]

Are you still beating your wife?

By renewing our minds to think what the word of God says we should think.

Romans 12:1-3

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,…[Read more]

There are prophecies that have more than one fulfillment.   “out of Egypt have a I called my son” refers to both the nation of Israel being lead out by Moses as well as Joseph and Mary and Jesus returning to live in Galilee

Jesus was God’s plan for man’s salvation and redemption from the beginning.   The beginning of Jesus Christ is declared in Matthew 1:18,  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

The word “birth” is gennesis in the Greek…[Read more]

Who? how about “what is the word”?

The word, or logos is defined by a message not emphasizing the actual words or means used to communicate the message but the intent of the message sender.   Another Greek word, rhema, emphasizes the actual words used to communicate the message.  Both are important.

Logos is the message, the intended idea or…[Read more]