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I believe mankind is always free to choose whatever is according to their nature. In the beginning when God created man with the freedom to obey him or not. What were the consequences for mankind after man heeded the voice of the serpent (evil) and disobeyed God?

Hmmm, interesting! Something to chew on. Wishing you also an awesome day and a very Merry Christmas!

Marty there are two groups of people who are saved by the blood of the Lamb. Those, who are the Old Covenant remnant saved according to election of grace, who looked to the future for the prophecy of the Messiah/Savior who was to come to be fulfilled. The other group are those who are saved...

Can't deny that, there is a host of them ejected from heaven to the earth with him when Christ was born. They are the demonic hosts, the messengers of Satan, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into...

Yes, this Psalm in particular makes reference to "the son of man" being made lower than the angels and being crowned with glory and honor. But from the Old Testament there is nothing written to prove they knew the son of man as Jesus. David, clearly knew of a son of man that would be born is...

You are partially correct! I agree water will not forgive sins. Where in Scripture can we find proof of God giving forgiveness of sins apart from the Holy Spirit baptism that Christ provides? Man is forgiven of all sin and been born again only through Christ!

Then why did John say there is another baptism through Jesus that would come and be mightier than his? If the water has already cleansed them of their sins what is the point of John speaking of being baptized with the Holy Spirit and power?

It sounds like you understand? How can water through John's baptism that did not give them the Holy Spirit be unto eternal life or as John writes the way we are born again?

No JBO! As I've said in the other post on this same topic, John's baptism was for them to repent of their sins that they might be saved. John preached a baptism of repentance, not that water would forgive them of their sins. It would remind them that none can be eternally saved until...

Again, if John's baptism cleansed them of sins, why would he speak of another baptism that comes by Jesus that is mightier than his? Matthew 3:11 (KJV) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he...

And all who are in unbelief that are his offspring.

Regeneration is indeed being born again! To be born again (regenerated) is to hear the Gospel and believe through the power of the Spirit. If regeneration (being born again) comes through water like that which John the Baptist used, why do we need baptism of the Holy Spirit? Because without the...

I know what you believe JBO! But I truly do not believe the abundance of Scripture agrees with what you believe. The only baptism that can wash away our sins is through the Holy Spirit that comes to those ordained to eternal life when they hear the Gospel in His power. Water, being that which...

I see a distinction made between the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and other sheep (Gentiles) that also belong to Christ that would come after them. All those sheep who belong to Christ are lost without Him. When the Gospel of Christ came to earth it was first sent to His ethnic...

Exactly! In Jo 3 Christ says that mankind cannot know or enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born again. Then He explains how man is born again, and it is not through natural physical birth, but by water and Spirit. If it's not by being physically born again, then water as you agree has...

Marty what I said is that their testimony was not for the witness of Jesus. How could they be witnesses of Jesus before Jesus was born and they called Him Jesus? He had to become a man, and that man was called Jesus, whom all the New Covenant saints are witnesses of Him (Jesus). The name of...

Which is exactly why only spiritual new birth gives salvation unto eternal life and not water that comes with natural birth.

Sorry Marty but arguing over the timing for the writing of the book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ I have discovered is an exercise in futility. Been there with Preterits and don't intend to go there again. It's questionable to me that Preterits must rely on the date of writing The...

Marty 30 to 40 years is not a "little season" when seeing how it is defined. Little implies being the least or smallest, and season too is a space of time, that would equate to time of the year akin to a time for planting or harvesting, but I don't believe it can be anything like 30, 40 or even...

I believe that Christ means He had not yet ascended physically. It seems Mary might have been content to stay with Her risen Lord, but He had a job for her. Perhaps Christ was remembering how Mary sat at His feet being content to allow her sister Martha to be the servant. Though Christ...