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I agree we not created a tri-part being. Because the Word says man was created with a body + spirit (breath of life) and together we became living souls. But you are right about us being three part when we have the Holy Spirit giving spiritual life to our spirit. We could say after being born...

Can you shed some light that explains exactly what you believe the spirit in all mankind is? I ask this of you because you say the spirit in mankind is NOT your mind, but the verse below tells us we are able to know/understand things of man by the spirit in him. 1 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV)...

This is true! In this life whosoever is a true believer in Christ will repent, turn away from sin, and turn back to Christ again and again.

Ghada, it appears to me that what you lacked in the beginning of your life with Christ was sanctification! When we are born again through the power of His Word and Spirit in us we were made holy, but not yet perfect before God. We shall never be perfect before God as long as we live in our...

Where does 'faith' enter into your equation? I know this may appear to be much ado about nothing, because faith and believing both mean the same thing. Though this is true there is a nuance we must consider to rightly understand how Scripture uses faith followed by our believing. Faith to...

I realize you think you've proven the Bible says nothing about those who are spiritually DEAD being unable, through their free will, to turn to Christ for eternal life. You reason that since the New Testament was written for the Church, which is what those who have been made spiritually alive...

Yet once again you fail to Biblically prove what you allege.

Actually the Bible is clear! Fallen, DEAD mankind has only the ability to freely choose that which according to his nature comes naturally to them. Without the Spirit within spiritually DEAD mankind have not ability to understand that which must be spiritually discerned. You say the...

The difference that you refuse to acknowledge is that faith to believe IN Christ cannot come from the spiritually DEAD! But once the spiritually DEAD have this faith through the power of the Word and Spirit, then the spiritually DEAD are made spiritually ALIVE and turn to Christ in repentance...

That's why the prophetic words of Christ have dual fulfillment. The Old Covenant faithful saints represented the Church as She existed through Israel before the coming of the Messiah. Just as the New Covenant faithful saints represent the Church as She exists throughout the world or Gentile...

If the Holy Spirit had no ability to communicate to the unregenerate, NONE would be saved. Where we differ in our understanding is how the unregenerate are saved. I believe Scripture affirms and have shown we are eternally saved by the power of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit working God's...

Certainly sounds like Paul is speaking of the man regenerated by the Holy Spirit to me! Romans 8:9 (KJV) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. But you say, unregenerate...

Tell us, we wait with baited breath to hear your explanation of how unregenerate DEAD mankind can have faith/believing in Christ for eternal salvation??? You have repeatedly implied that eternal salvation is not through the power of the Gospel and Holy Spirit, but rather is by DEAD unregenerate...

Whose graves were opened after Christ was resurrected, when many saints came out of the graves and went into the holy city? Matthew 27:52-53 (KJV) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the...

I'm saying that faith in Christ and believing in Christ cannot be separated. Faith is created within fallen spiritually DEAD mankind, and that is the work of the Holy Spirit through the proclamation of the Gospel. Then through that power man will believe in Christ. You say the Holy Spirit...

It only appears nonsensical to you because you believe those who are spiritually DEAD in trespasses and sins have the ability within themselves to muster up faith in Christ thereby believing Him. Yet, still you cannot explain where this ability to have faith to believe IN Christ originates...

TS, I understand and agree with how you spiritually interpret these prophetic words of Daniel. I don't understand why you cannot acknowledge "thy people" of Daniel's prophecy is not limited only to people of faith. For the prophecy to make sense it must be understood as having dual prophecy to...

While it is true the spiritually dead have the ability to physically hear, physically hearing does NOT have the ability to eternally save mankind. Man MUST be born again to both know and enter the Kingdom of God. That's why physical birth does not eternally save man. Christ sent His Spirit to...

You still have yet to explain how one who is spiritually DEAD in trespasses and sins can hear the message about Christ to be eternally saved? What had those of Acts 2 heard that caused them to be "pricked in their heart" and ask what they must do to be saved? They heard the Gospel preached in...

I'm quite surprised by your comments! How can we live already in anew heaven and new earth since this first heaven and earth have not passed away? Revelation 21:1 (KJV) And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more...