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In Ezekiel's day there was no 'born again' experience even available. My first question is; What did God 'want' all dead souls for? Souls which all died because they 'all sinned'? I was at a funeral last week and the preacher used John 3:16 3 times. I wanted to ask him afterward WHY did...

Thank you for your response @lforrest , and I totally agree with your 'first sentence', above. But something has always made me curious with the James verse. JAM 5:20 let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a...

-T. F. Torrance said; "We came up with the idea of inerrancy because we needed another mediator between God and man, other than Jesus. So we came up with a 'doctrine' we can't even be certain of because we don't even have the original manuscripts to create a 'certainty' out of. It is a western...

I can no more shut your 'doubting mouths', than you can shut the testimony of my mouth. A testimony backed by the scriptures I quoted ,and you who are 'not gifted' aren't refuting. A man convinced beyond 'his will' is always of the same opinion still. You are simply faithless to walk in that...

You refuted absolutely nothing, concerning the points I posted. And I posted enough for you to at least pick one.

I believe, as others do, that the place Jesus told his newly born again disciples to go and wait for the POWER gift from the Holy Spirit was the 'house of God' or the TEMPLE in Jerusalem. And I believe they were all 120 gathered at Solomon's Portico. Read the below Strong's Greek definitions...

Thought provoking analogy. Is 'the box' above, your soul? Or is it the things 'in the box'? Or is it both? If you lost the teddy bear is your soul lost? JAM 5:20 let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a...

The following 'pericope heading' precedes the verse following it, in my bible; ~Wisdom from the Spirit 1CO 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that ARE PERFECT: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: Now read your 'profile banner' which...

From my last post; "Jesus' body gave up his holy ghost/spirit, to the Father, but it did not give up his soul. According to JOHN. JOH 20:22* And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive/lambano ye the Holy Ghost:" I have a new 10x14" 600 page translation of...

I am going to limit my brief post to just 'John'....just for you. hlo First, a question to think about concerning my post. Why, in JOHN, in the KJV only, is pneuma translated as "Holy Ghost" 4x and "the Spirit" 5x and "Wind" 1x JOH 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize...

I think we are pretty much agreeable with what I 'think' you're saying here. :gd I would agree, believing that Jesus laid down his 'ZAO SOUL life' without dying bodily in the Gospel verses quoted. But he did not lay down his ZOE SPIRIT life, until the cross. I believe ZOE life overcomes ZAO...

No, I don't think God is powerless to have done that. From my studies, I just believe the church if dumb to believe He did. I''m not trying to offend with that statement, that's just how I honestly believe. Can you prove what you believe?

I'm obviously not using "Johannine categories" :wavinghand and don't plan to, I believe all scripture was 'originally' inspired by God. And John was just one of them who contributed to the NT. Having said that, I believe that the spirit is the animating life source to all bodies. Jesus died...

Personally, I believe only the spirit is born again and that's simply all John says in 3:6 and 8. KJV JOH 3:6* That which is born (OUT/ἐκ) of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born (OUT/ἐκ) of the Spirit is spirit. In the above verse the Greek word ἐκ or OUT is left out twice in our...

I have liked everything you have written, but your first post threw me a curve. Correct me if I'm just reading this incorrectly. You say "Jesus’s phrase “born again” in John 3 refers to the new supernatural life God gives the soul." And then at the end you say; — the soul’s rebirth through...