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Thank you @Taken, I have altered my post in the light of what you have said. When I said, 'pure', I meant in relation to the fact of her virginity. Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

@April_Rose, 'And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is...

Hi @April_Rose, God knew Mary beforehand, as He knows you and me. He knew her heart and mind, and He would know that she was a virgin and therefore just right to conceive and bare His Son. He would know that she would know the honour that He was bestowing upon her too. He prepared Joseph to...

Hello @justbyfaith Thank you for your response, and for the many references for my consideration. Although it was not my intention to promote this as a subject when responding to @Christophany, I shall certainly look up your references, and consider this subject in the light of them. With...

Paradox:- a situation or statement that seems impossible, or is difficult to understand, because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics. Hello @BarnyFife, Thank you for causing me to consider the paradoxes found in Scripture, for I have not considered them before, and a reference...

'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.' (1 John...

Hello Christophany, 'Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.' (Luke 12:1b) 'The doctrine of the Pharisees', or' the leaven of the Pharisees' as it is translated elsewhere, was hypocrisy. Their doctrine was not called 'leaven' for nothing, for the action of leaven is to...

Thank you too, @Ziggy. Sorry your heart is heavy, unless of course the Lord has made it so for His purpose. May His will be done, for His Name and glory's sake. :)

Hi @Ziggy, In regard to reply#9, and the witch of Endor. If a verse or passage of Scripture appears to contradict the testimony of all Scripture, then it is that passage or verse that needs to be questioned, and not the testimony of the rest of Scripture itself. For Scripture is the yardstick...

@Ziggy, I have responded to your questions in reply#9. Have to close now. Chris

Hello @Ziggy, Thank you for bringing in the Sadducees, for the word 'Beware' covered their doctrine too, didn't it? It was to them that the Lord said the words, 'Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God' (Matthew 22:29). I have to go now, for I have someone calling me to...

Hi @Ziggy, Yes, context is so important, I agree. Almost every misunderstanding can be rectified by observing the context of a passage, whether it be the immediate context of the surrounding verses of the chapter, or beyond that to the context of the book itself, or the rest of the Scriptures...

'And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in...

* The Testimony of Scripture concerning the state of the dead:- 'Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.' (Job...

Hello again, Job described the state of the dead as 'the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.' (Job10:21-22) For said he, 'I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and...

@BarnyFife @VictoryinJesus Hello there What is coming through to me in your latest responses (replies #236 & #237) is the fact that you are 'Beloved of the Lord and Precious'. I am seeing you behind the words, and loving you in the Lord, which is a joy. The risen Christ is the tie that binds...

Hello @VictoryinJesus, @farouk is right in his reply#210, regarding the definitions God has given to us in His word. My love to you, ViJ. Forgive me, but I can't respond to your entry at the moment. May you be still before your Maker, and rest in Him, knowing that He alone is faithful and...

Hello @BarnyFife, i am a dispensationalist, Barney, but that has nothing to do with the truth of the statement I made that you require proof of. Proof comes by looking at the usage of each figure. In this case, 'The Bride' and 'The Body', and all that relates to either within the context in...

Hi @VictoryinJesus I can relate to the disconnect. We are all so different aren't we? Our backgrounds and influences play their part in that perhaps. I am used to the works of the man who wrote the booklet in the link, but you are not. It was written many years ago now, and so the style and...

'I exhort therefore, that, first of all, .. supplications, .... prayers, ...... intercessions, ........ and giving of thanks, .......... be made for all men; ............ For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life .. in all godliness and...