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Dear Johann, Thanks for making that clarification to marks. Joe

Dear marks, One more thought on Christ being made sin. Christ was a lamb without spot or blemish. He had no sin of His own but He did carry mankind's sin to the cross so that His death would purchase mankind's sin debt. Now mankind's owes our debt of death to Christ. If Christ was actually...

Dear marks, Yes, Christ carried mankind's sin in His body but that does not mean that Christ became sin. Christ became an offering for mankind's sin and that is what other scripture states. You are trying to make a doctrine out of one verse of scripture which should not be done. Remember...

Dear marks, I can agree with much of what you said until your conclusion at the end when you said: I see this that all humanity's sin was put into Jesus' body In 1Pet 2:24 when it says that Christ bore our sins, it does not mean that humanity's sin was put into Jesus' body or that Christ was...

Dear tailgator, The bear does not represent Russia. Here is what Paul says about how to understand spirit words (John 6:63): 1Cor 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things (words) with spiritual...

Dear marks, In Heb 10:6, "sacrifices" is an added word to create the phrase "sacrifices for sin". In Heb 10:8, "offering" is an added word to create "offering for sin". This is the same thing that should be done in 2Cor 5:21 to create the phrase "offering for sin". As I pointed out in...

Dear Johann, You said: To summarize, while the phrase "sin offering" appears around 37 times in the KJV, it is important to distinguish that the Greek term hamartia does not specifically translate as "sin offering." Instead, hamartia generally refers to "sin" or "to sin," and does not have a...

Dear Ronald Nolette, You said: The word sin there is "harmartia" which is never translated as sin offering. It means sin and sin only. You are wrong. Here are two other places in the KJV that translate harmartia (G266) as sin offering: Heb 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin...

Dear bro.tan, When mankind sins, it happens because mankind was created with a spirit that was marred and subject to vanity. Mankind does not sin because mankind has a body of flesh and blood. The physical body merely tempts mankind to sin - it is not the cause of mankind's sinfulness...

Dear Ronald Nolette, You are correct, Jesus was spiritually perfect and did not need to be born again. However, Jesus was not made sin as you posted. Jesus was made a offering for mankind's sin. The teaching that Jesus was made sin comes from an incorrect translation of 2Cor 5:21. How can...

Dear bro.tan, Jesus was NEVER born again. Your understanding of that concept is carnal and incorrect. Being "born again" is the same thing as being converted or being made into a new creation. The new birth occurs when a spiritually marred person is changed into a spiritually perfect person...

Dear keithr, I used to believe the verses that you quoted just as you presented but everything changed for me when I was converted many years ago. Conversion requires Christ giving a person both the Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit, followed by judgment. If a believer only has the Early...

Dear keithr, I agree that those who are cast into the Lake of Fire will perish by that judgment. "Fire" is the symbol for judgment. In fact, all mankind will perish in the Lake of Fire (including the Elect) because all mankind is "condemned already" (John 3:18). However, before a person...

Dear keithr, I completely agree with your post on the state of death. After a person physically dies, they are dead and have no consciousness. Also, the term "soul" is defined in the verse below as being: PHYSICAL BODY + SPIRIT = A LIVING SOUL Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the...

Dear Scott Downy, You said: At the time of the new earth that God will make, where God makes all things new, the evil and unbelieving will remain in the lake of fire. A literal destruction where they do not ever escape to be saved later. God seals them in that place for all future eternity...

Dear Scott Downey, You said: The elect must believe, and is also the reason why Paul says he labors. So yes pray that the Lord sends laborers into His field which is the world as that is where His elect are born. No one is born saved. Paul labors so that the elect obtain salvation by believing...

Dear Scott Downey, I agree with most of your post except for your comment "We are not enabled to know them and be saved on our own without His help." Your comment implies that mankind must still do some of the work to be saved. However, scripture clearly teaches that Christ will do 100% of the...

Dear Redfan, The truth of God is always true when presented in scripture - even the historical truths which do have beginnings (like the sacrifice of Christ on the cross). In my earlier post, I was referring to eternal truths about God which do not have beginnings or endings. The point I was...

Dear RedFan, The verse really doesn't make sense if it is translated as the KJV translates it. Since truth is truth and truth has no beginning or ending (just as God has no beginning or ending), it is not necessary to say that God's Word is true "from the beginning" - or for that matter, that...

Dear Redfan, God's truth in scripture is presented "here a little, and there a little". Because truth is presented in this manner, it is necessary to search the scriptures and assemble the pieces of truth in order to understand the full truth of a subject. Psa 119:160 The sum of your word is...