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Being tested/tried by the tempter does not mean Christ was tempted to sin. The testing/trials are all to prove that Christ is indeed the Son of God, come in the flesh.

Our first parents unlike all their descendants lost the breath of life that God Himself (Spirit) breathed into them at creation. That breath of life I believe, is the Holy Spirit. The breath of life from the Spirit, from the moment they sinned, became carnal, natural, earthy, destined to grow...

Joe, How would you define the living as being dead in sins?

Oh yes, we love the Ozarks! And Silver Dollar City, especially at Christmas is truly magnificent!

Dear Joe, To be born again means we have spiritually entered into the Kingdom of God in heaven. The only way according to Christ to both know and enter the Kingdom of God in heaven is through the Spirit of Christ in us, "Ye must be born again". I agree there are outward signs that a person...

If our spirit did not give the breath of life to our mortal flesh there would be no human living soul upon the earth. Our life (living soul) cannot be separated from our spirit and continue to be alive. But our spirit, by the power of the Holy Spirit in us shall leave our mortal flesh and...

Every living breathing creature with the breath of life is body (outer flesh) and spirit (having breath of life). Only mankind with body of flesh, and breath of life (spirit) became a living soul. That is a picture of the Triune Godhead. Of course Paul prays wholly (complete to the end) for...

FaithWillDo, I could not answer your entire post due to length it would have required. Yes, it is our spirit or breath of life that possesses eternal life through Christ from the moment we have been born again. The new birth in Scripture is not called a spiritual resurrection. It's called...

As Paul has written, out spiritual battle to sin not is a battle between our natural spirit (mind & heart) and our new spirit indwelt with the Spirit of Christ. We commit sin when we allow our natural spirit (mind & heart) to rule over our body of flesh. We sin NOT when we by grace through...

That's a strange question! I am still clothed in a body destined to death through sin. I shall not be free from all sin until this body of death through sin is dead and buried. I feel much like Paul, longing to put off this body destined to die, that I might be with the Lord forever.

Our battle against sin is a spiritual battle we will wage as long as we are clothed in bodies of flesh & blood. It is through the thoughts that proceed from our natural spirit (heart, mind) that even man with the seed of the Spirit of Christ commit sin in the flesh. John cannot be saying that...

Then why does Christ repeatedly say that whosoever believes in Him shall not/never die? Christ knows the body of flesh & blood of every living creature upon the earth is destined to die. When the Bible tells us the life that we possess in Christ is eternal, even knowing our body of flesh is...

The natural/carnal man of flesh & blood is separated from God because the spirit in them has not been born again. I'm not sure what you mean by "soulish man"? God formed man of the dust of the ground, body of flesh & blood, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, put spirit within...

I believe we are complete human when we possess both spirit (breath of life) together with flesh and blood and called "living souls." In Christ we continue to be living soul when our spirit returns to God in heaven after our body breathes its last. When our spirit ascends to heaven after our...

Isn't the spirit in us that which comes from our own heart and mind? Isn't this what Paul was speaking of when he speaks about the daily battle between that which is good and that which is evil? Having spirit means to be alive, having the breath of life, with functioning heart, mind, will...

When reading the context Paul is making a case for what becomes of saints that have died in faith. They were witnesses for the bodily resurrection of Christ, yet some seem to doubt that the dead in Christ shall rise again. Death is not the end for those whose hearts and minds are fixed on...

I too have learned much from Tony Warren. And Mountain Retreat is still a trove of information from several articles from several God-fearing Christian men. I too am in the habit of weighing the articles against the Bible.

Yes, I do believe there are both demonic spirits as well as angels of God, both in Scripture called "messengers". No, I don't believe in the doctrine of fallen angels of God. That which was cast out of heaven at the birth of Christ was Satan and his demonic messengers, who before the advent of...

Of course not! I don't believe TS is denying the existence of evil/good spirit beings either. The question is how do they exist if not through the hearts and minds of fallen man, or man who is in possession of a new spirit (heart/mind/will)? The one in unbelief of his father the devil, the one...

It's as though the serpent is man's conscience, that in the beginning knew neither good nor evil. But still a part of man whom God created "very good." Did our conscience become enticed to disobey God through lust of the flesh, we saw something forbidden that looked really good, and our desire...