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It is the spiritual state of the soul that is born of God. Thus: 1) it is not seen by physical eyes, but spiritual eyes. 2) it is not partaken of physically, but spiritually, until death occurs for those born of God. Thereafter, when once the mortal has put on immortality, then it, too, is...

Shelli has somwe valid points here, for at least two reaasons: 1) these things are not seen in the church today, with very, very rare exception. (Unless you go to places like the underground church in China.) 2) Shelli might be asking for valid "proofs". This is proper. And she may very...

This is a valid question. I gave a cursory overview of those things in my life. Can you give one for your life? It has become so common place in my life, that I don't keep track of them. Others do, and remind me of them from time to time, as I have forgotten many of them. Even the unsaved...

"Remember, declining to answer this question with the facts of your works would be in disobedience to Matthew 5:16, "Let yoyur light shine before men, that they may see your GOOD WORKS [emphasis mine] and praise your father which is in heaven." : Interesting. So because there were million who...

Peter states that we are present participants of God's divine Nature. That's what it means to be born again: we are born of God. Everything, yes, EVERYTHING gives seed after it's own kind. Genesis 1 stuff. When born of God, we are of God. We are brothers and sisters of Christ, and children...

The language used in this post is meant to denigrate. Shame on you. Then, Benoni reciprocats. Shame on you, too. From here on out, this thread has improper interaction. I was brought to this site by another, on the basis that this stuff doesn't happen here. Let's can the persoanlly...

Defining person was/is proper. My previous post addresses the opposing stances on it. Hopefully it made sense. Sometimes my reasoning can be kind of goofy, I fear. The church does not use it as a model: it uses it as the definition of the Godhead. I hold that the bible gives it's own true...

He is saying that God is NOT a "being who is able to THINK and EXPRESS itself, having independent existence" as three. He is saying that God is one. That's it. If that be true, then it must be decried regarding there being 3 as God. Or am I missing what is being said here? As to a "person"...

Correct. Has this sign ever accompanied/followed you personally for others to see? Be that as it may, the church tends to ignore the passages in John which speak the same things. Ever wonder why? Perhaps it's because they don't have the fruit/signs that Christ Himself stated that those born...

Because I am born of God -- already a believer, testimonies have absolutely no bearing on my belief in God. Actually, I think that learning of God is like eating spiritual meals: the first few times that a certain dish is eaten, it's pretty exciting. After many years of eating it, it is still...

We currently have a 400 lb lady staying in our cabin. She just got out of jail. She has recently kicked the drug habit. She is 6-1/2 months pregnant. She is exceedingly, totally lazy. She is idiotic. She goes into trances. We serve her for Christ, to be used by Him to bring her to...

And on the elohim, I get a kick out of how the church has mangled that to their own ends, and the progression of twisting that is readily seen, too, in church history. Even now there are yet many who can't seem to agree whether it means 3, 3 or more, 2, 2 or more, 1, 1 or more. If it wasn't so...

Indeed, you have seen more than most. It is good to see that there is much more than inserted by my previous post. I see more and more of this topic as I grow in Him. It's a blast. It's just all throughout the Word.

Who said that they were persons? When did that phrase first come into being? A quick search of church history reveals that this doctrine was progressive/. It had a starting point, it morphed more and more, and it is now where it is, and has been there for quite some time. Yet from the...

Sorry, but if I may interject here.... (disregard this post if you so wish!) God made man in His own image, in the image of God created He him, male and female made He them. The wordage is so, so plain and straightforward. He said it three times right there. Do we see it? It states what...

Why does it alone save us? What is faith? It is the substance of things hoped for. Now substance is not that which doesn't exist, nor is it that which is not substantive spiritually. It is not physical. It is from God. There is the faith of the damned, and the faith of the redeemed. This...

(Mat 22:37) Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Faith is an effluent of the state of heart. This state, in turn, is the work of God. Hence, saving faith is from God. We respond to His working in us. Can good grapes come from thorns? Neither can saving faith come from sinful man.

repenting and repeating is an oxymoron, isn't it?

There's no beef..... just a bunch of turkeys! :D rofl