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Okay, I'm envious of you! Most of us don't experience that, and we have to study using commentaries and other written or video sources. Right. God/Jesus has only spoken to me once, in a dream, and it was just three words (audible only, no vision) - a page number in the only Bible that I had...

How did the Holy Spirit say that to you? Did you hear it audibly, in a dream, or what? Lots of people seem to think that if they think of something then it must be the Holy Spirit talking to them. That's a dangerous assumption!

Acts 8:29-31 (WEB): (29) The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.” (30) Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” (31) He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip...

That's silly! By the same reasoning you won't take heed of what any pastor or evangelist says, because they're just expressing their "opinions". Jesus told Peter to "feed my sheep" (John 21:17). How could he do that if the sheep just thought he was expressing his opinions and should not be...

Jesus used the same phrase in many other parables - were they actual people and factual stories too?! The parable of the good Samaritan, Luke 10:30 (WEB): (30) Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat...

Read it in context with the previous verse - Revelation 2:14-15 (WEB): (14) But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to...

The apostle Paul wrote that he had direct communication from Jesus about Jesus' return for the Church - 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (WEB): (15) For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have...

That's not correct - Jesus said, John 5:39 (WEB): (39) “You search the Scriptures [Old Testament], because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. They would have read verses of Scripture that spoke of eternal life, such as: Psalms 133:3...

Romans 6:23 (23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We cannot be restored to life (eternal life) unless somebody pays the penalty of death for us. Jesus did that, by willingly dying for us. God was justified in restoring Jesus to...

Their sins have been paid for by Jesus, therefore God is justified in resurrecting everyone to life again. They will live during Christ's 1,000 year reign, during which time they will be taught truth and righteouness, and gradually restored to perfection. At the end of that period Satan is...

John 12:47-48 (WEB): (47) If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48) He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the...

Also consider that the Israelites unknowingly acted out another type that pointed forward to Jesus’ crucifixion. In Number 2 [NRSV] God directs how the Israelites should camp: 1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 The Israelites shall camp each in their respective regiments, under...

What has Genesis 2:7 got to do with the seventh day? Genesis 2:7 (WEB): (7) Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. What it says in Genesis about the seventh day is: Genesis 2:1-3 (WEB): (1) The...

You can either believe God or the changing theories of men. The latest scientific theories estimate the age of the universe to be no more than about 10,000 years old - much closer to what the Bible says. That is based on the realisation that the speed of light is not constant as the "experts"...

I was responding to your statement "I don't think those time frames are literal", i.e. to the text which I had quoted in my post. By quoting the passages from Exodus it is clear that God claimed to have created the heavens and the earth in six days, where each day was a normal earth day...

From the 10 commandments, Exodus 20 (WEB): (1) God spoke all these words, saying, (8) “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (9) You shall labor six days, and do all your work, (10) but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son...

Jesus started by saying, Matthew 24:4 (WEB): (4) Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. also Matthew 7:15 (WEB): (15) “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. The nonsense that you wrote in your post makes me...

keithr said: Everyone is redeemed and resurrected. Yes. The redemption price was accepted by God when Jesus ascended to God after his resurrection. The merit of Jesus' sacrifice is applied to Christians when they believe and are baptised, so that they are considered to have eternal life...

If you believe that the Bible is God's word to us, written by Him through men, as the apostle Paul certainly did - 2 Timothy 3:16 (WEB): (16) Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, then if you think that...

Romans 6:23 (WEB): (23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. John 3:16 (WEB): (16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The Greek word...