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Fine, but it was a false impression. And that's your fault, Davy; I was very clear in what I said. Yes, I'm well aware. And the misimpressions and misunderstandings regarding such. Yes. Okay, good, but you might try being at least a little more understanding of what is clearly being said...

Paul says that very thing in Philippians 2:5-11. "Two wills"? Ugh. But a dual nature. Grace and peace to you. Ah, so you're reframing someone's own words and context to fit what you want it to be. Well, that's not an unprecedented event. :) LOL! Grace and peace to you.

Not sure what would give you the idea I was or am doing any such thing, Davy. Sure. Right, and we believers are no longer of the flesh ~ which is to say we are no longer dead in sin and thus still sons of the Devil, as Jesus tells those whom He is speaking in John 8... He told them that as...

Right, but if He makes Himself a man but still retains is deity in full... which He did... He can lay His life down, and then take it up again... which He also did. :) Again, the answer to the question in the original post (and adding the Holy Spirit to the question) ~ "Did Jesus raise Himself...

You know, Starise, I realize that only in the lower part of your quote here are you speaking directly to me, but I think what I'm about to say applies also to your exchange with Mr. E. I don't mean to imply that you don't have this, but merely to make a point: What is needed is a healthy...

It's a case-by-case thing for me, Starise. I try not to be overly wordy or long-winded, but I do whatever I think is called for in any one particular case. But always, at least intention-wise, in the fruit (singular) of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness...

We know that the final resurrection is physical and general to all, and that the final Judgment occurs after this final (second) resurrection. We see that in Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 25:31-46, John 5:28-29, and Revelation 20:11-15. This resurrection has two outcomes: many are resurrected to...

We ~ we ~ are the temple under construction, all of us in Christ. The Architect and Builder is God Himself, and He will bring it to completion. Grace and peace to all!

Water baptism is the outward ~ for all to see ~ sign and seal of the covenant and as such since the coming of Jesus replaces circumcision, which was, per God’s directive, administered to male infants in the eighth day after their birth. Paul says as much in Colossians 2:11-12… “In Him also you...

The Greek word used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 is harpázō, and should be understood as a final, once-and-for-all taking by force by Christ of what is His, what ~ and who, of course ~ has been given Him by the Father (rather than some kind of removal or transporting to somewhere else of what is...

To the question, "Did Jesus raise himself from the dead or did God the Father raise Him," my answer is: Yes. :) Grace and peace to all.

He is. Jesus says so in Matthew 12:28-29. The nature of Satan's binding is misunderstood by many. It does, but it's context is quite different in Revelation and other passages than many think. No, quite the other way around. Grace and peace to you.

"My version..." LOL! There is no PRV (PinSeeker Revised Version), as you seem to think... LOL! But yeah, that's a part of what I was saying; you can't really argue. You can maintain your own position, and that's fine, but you can't argue with what I said. You can't. Coming from you...

Yes, because it is... :) No, it means that of those who have been dead in their sin previously (we all are from birth), many have been experiencing this first resurrection ~ which is spiritual, in which we are born again and raised/resurrected in spirit ~ since Jesus ascended. Well, I've been...

Well, you think it's a false allegation, and that's fine with me. Defame? You think I seek to defame you? Pffft. Absolutely not. You've told me very clearly what you think. :) LOL! Maybe, Ronald... maybe... His thoughts and ways are not ours... much higher... Seems like I've heard that...

Sure. But there are Jews outwardly (ethnically) and Jews inwardly (of the Holy Spirit), and any one of the former may not be the latter. Paul is crystal clear on this in several of his letters (Romans, Galatians, Colossians in particular). Grace and peace to you.

Sure, but, unmistakably, he's saying just because someone is ethnically a Jew, that someone may or may not be a Jew in the eyes of God. This, to me, is a contradictory statement, even in and of itself. But okay. Well... I believe that because believers are part of the Israel of God, they are...

Hm. I mean there's the ethnic Jews for sure, and no other human being is a Jew in terms of ethnicity. But Paul ~ who was Jewish ~ does say that "no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly" ~ Romans 2; 'outwardly' meaning ethnically, as the world sees them ~ and "not all who are descended from...

Okay, cool... Hm. An interesting way of putting it. Still not quite sure where you stand. Would you agree if I said the believing Israelites of the Old Testament were in Christ and therefore part of Christ's Church also, just as all of those who have come after Jesus's time on earth are now...

Well, I would say that all of James is addressed to Christians because it is addressed to the 12 tribes that are scattered abroad. :) Those two things are one and the same, really. In addition, James addresses his addressees personally as "brothers" almost 20 times... throughout the course of...