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John 3:5 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Since Jesus said born "again", we can understand Him to mean that one who has been born once before, was born of the flesh already...which comes forth from...

I'm not sure you even know the timing of what you have just stated...even though you stated it. :) Nonetheless, Jesus announced the time of the coming of the Kingdom of God: Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. Click, click...

Remember that it has begun with Christ the firstfruits..."the things that must shortly come to pass."

If you do not learn from history (which I began and you have now finished) you are destined to repeat it. It's not an analogy.

No...that explanation has Peter contradicting himself and Jesus: Peter, in that he confirmed the Spirit at Pentecost, and Jesus, who said that we would be perfect just as God is perfect--who is spirit. So no, which would mean that the "more sure word of prophecy" was and is rather by the...

Yeah, the fear of some is even so great that the Spirit would become an excuse for some to get away with whatever false notions please them, that they want nothing to do with anything spiritual, even turning to the scriptures as the Pharisees did. Which of course was not the answer, for it...

You bring up a great point about Jesus' approach. Jesus being the Word of God and the "firstfruits" of the spirit of God, would surely have been clarifying what had never before (except by the prophets of God) been "spiritually discerned" as Paul later described it. But also, having announced...

Challenge question...or you're just not sure what it means yourself?

This is like John the Baptist's comment, saying, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." Meaning, the water and even the son of man...that is...

When I was saved by God, it came after a wonderful early life of 33 years, then a victim of crime and a downward spiral until I finally came to the end of myself. Not having any Christian upbringing, I had only heard that maybe there was a god; and after knocking on every other door, one night I...

Certainly close enough. Just so you don't entirely leave out the first resurrection that began with Christ the firstfruits 2,000 +/- years ago.

"Gnostic"--ha! The convenient fallback position against anything spiritual. Well, God is spirit. I wouldn't get carried away. As for the Sabbath, there are the Sabbaths that point to the Sabbath, and there is the actual Sabbath (meaning rest), which God's rest, which is unavoidably observed for...

Being made in the image of God...most of what we experience is foreshadowing, pictures of what those things actually represent. What possible forshadowing then do you think new life in the flesh is? 1 Corinthians 15:46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the...

Indeed we will honor Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath rest, and the harvest to His credit continually. As for time, time has an end.

I understand that you believe you are fighting the good fight. That was also the mistake of the Priests and the Pharisees. And what was their accusation against the Most Holy? I don't need to tell you. Your words are almost identical. History repeats itself. But what did they miss? They missed...

Begrudging doctrine against doctrine. How's that working for you?

Line upon line, hear a little, there a little... And incase you missed this: Quite refreshing!

The third category I was referring to has generally been the argument by many against Salvation being permanent and eternal, that those who are saved might not stay that way. Sorry, if that does not describe your position. But don't blame me...it's not my position either--in fact, I stand...

Okay, let's look at them (endure to the end ;) ): And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found...

My Testimony Growing up was like something out of a story book. I’ll get to times of suffering, but for the most part life was good. I was raised on a ranch with a wonderful, loving mother and father, a sister and two brothers, and friends. Although we had lots of chores and worked really hard...