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SO does that mean you believe society functions best in a lawless state?

It need not be an entity. It is sort of a catch all descriptive of that which is a non-conscious catalyst causing actions. Example include breathing, shivering, perhaps even random thoughts. My apologies for getting off on a tangent. The subject is law, so let's place our focus there. What...

Has anyone read the bill? Is it fair to have an opinion on something without vetting it out first? Remember the call to be quick to listen and slow to wrath........ HR 5383 - is a bill to reform the process for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes. Text...

I'm not sure I can get on board with this claim seeing as to much of what we do is "motivated" by the subconscious where no recognition our part is involved. The use of determination to action indicates conscious maneuvering. I question why you'd assert that negation has anything to do with...

This collection was for the saints. The text clearly says that. In order to determine which saint look to Acts 11:29. Perhaps, but we cannot be certain as the scriptures only mention the churches of Galatia. Whether or not it was extended to congregations not mentioned in the text, we don't...

Tell if I understand you correctly here. Are you saying that law doesn't breed human conduct but rather the conduct of humans that must coexist creates a setting in which laws become necessary?

Where does the text say they were holding church service? In context there was a famine in Judea (Acts 11:29) that various believing communities (Galatia, Corinth, etc.) were taking up collections for. Nowhere is it indicated that this was to be an ongoing collection (Paul said "so there will be...

Using this verse and going by the Jewish calendar the new day began at sundown, so the beginning of the day would have been Saturday evening. This verse can be read as describing the resurrection as happening on Saturday rather than Sunday. However in Mark 16, with the description of a sunrise...

Many readers of the New Testament writings are convinced that those writings are preterist-makers.

Based on the gospel narratives, how can we confirm that the resurrection happened on Sunday morning as opposed to Saturday night? Both are considered the 1st day of the week.

What? Do you understand that what we have termed natural laws are vastly different from civic legal laws which are constructed by people to help govern a land or an institution? Your statement is an example of a non-sequitur.

Get over it folks, it was a reference to Jerusalem in the 1st century. Stop reading modern entities and establishments into the context that was focused on a time long since past.

Except in reality, you're not. I see, and I very likely see what you see. I just don't "see" why you explain what we both see the way you do. Your explanation lacks cred.

A spirit by definition is an unseen force or power like the wind. Proof of "spirit" can be observed even if the "spirit" itself is not visible. Saying "this is my claim, it's true, you can't rebut it or understand it because it's spiritual" does nothing to help demonstrate the veracity of your...

Are you able to clarify this?

I would agree that the texts from Joel as well as Acts do not speak of the events as "spiritualized"events but rather actual happenings. Event with that being the case, the scriptural descriptions of the last days do point to the 1st century. I know many people today insist that we are "living...

What have I dodged and not addressed directly?

You can't explain, so you divert and attack me to hide the fact that you can't show why your reasoning is correct. I'm just making the request made in Isaiah 1:18...........

In scripture, I can only point to 3 possible instances where peoples were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Pentecost, the Household of Cornelius, and perhaps Saul. Other than that, it appears that the Spirit was passed on by the laying on of hands by those who bad received the baptism in the...

Thanks for chiming in. The gift of Holy Spirit was promised to be given out in mass at a specified time in history, the last days, which Peter in the very chapter you quoted identified as being his time. This gift was to specified peoples (Jewish sons and daughters as well as those who were far...