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I have understood this as I wrote in reply #19: In Israel boys were no better off than servants until they came of age, only then they were adopted as sons. Only at that point did they have the freedom, rights and privileges of a son and could inherit their father’s property. This is what the...

We have been begotten again to become a new creature in Christ. The earthern vessel is our fleshly (human) body. The "treasure" is the embryonic new creature that will be born in the resurrection: "For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ...

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. Although it actually says "predestined us for adoption", not "chosen us for adoption"! By implication you cannot become a child of God without first having been saved from death. It doesn't say that we are already adopted as children; it says that we...

I think there may be some confusion between "chosen" and "saved". All of mankind have been saved by Jesus' sacrifice, that is they are saved from the penalty of sin, which is death. Hence everyone is to be saved from death and will be resurrected to life again. However, during this Gospel age...

I wrote this article about 8 years ago (based on a seminar by Chuck Missler), which I think answers that question: Christ’s Inheritance As Christians we are truly greatly blessed by God! We are not blessed because we are more deserving than others nor because of anything we have done. God’s...

Here's a link to a video about the resurrection of Jesus, titled 'The Resurrection - Hoax or Hope?'-

I couldn't find that in the Bible. I don't think you should claim that Jesus said something if it's not in the Bible and you're not quoting the reference. That is deliberate deception. Here's a video that I think it would be useful for you to watch, titled 'Doctrines of Demons - Part 1' -

The Emphatic Diaglott New Testament translates it as "In a beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and a god was the Word". The Good News Bible translates it as "Before the world was created, the Word already existed; he was with God, and he was the same as God." Jesus more...

In addition to what I wrote about John 8:58 above, note also the following examples of other people speaking the words "ego eimi", and translated as "I am": (Mat 8:9) For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another...

I have already pointed out that I have commented on the above verses in another thread, but as you seem too lazy to go and read that I'll respond in this thread to make it easier for you: John 1:1 In order to be sure that we have the correct interpretation of any Bible verse, our interpretation...

Continuing... It doesn't say God in another form. In context again: 2) make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3) doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 5) Have...

So was I! To try to make it clearer for you, as you don't seem to be paying attention to the details, the words in bold below should be discarded (KJV): (1Jn 5:7) For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (1Jn 5:8) And...

This springs to mind - "Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God”" (Mat 22:29). ;) If you think that God making a dead body vanish is far fetched, how about: "When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the...

I'm sure we could all think of nicer things than what has happened, but facts are facts, and we can be sure that God's ways are far better than our ways: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my...

How does "For there are three who testify: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one" support your claim that 'the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, "these three are one"'? Well all Christians are to become part of the bride of Christ. The term bride is used as an...

I think it's just an ambiguity of the translation. Knowing, like you, that Jesus didn't need purifying, I took it to mean that it was Christ performing the cleansing, not that Christ was being cleansed. Some different translations help to make that clearer. I had quoted the WEB, which said...

The KJV version of 1 John 5:7 is infamous for being a spurious verse, possibly modified by the inclusion of somone's handwritten comment - a copying error from the days before printing presses when all Bibles were hand written. The words "in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and...

I wasn't really correcting you, just providing a bit more information that may be of some help to others who are reading this discussion thread - just a sharing of knowledge. :) I didn't really undersrtand the meaning of circumcision for many years, and there may well be others who would...

The Roman soldiers were experts at killing people! We can be quite sure that he was dead. But even if he wasn't dead after he had been placed in the tomb, it's unconceivable that he could remain there severely injured for three days, without food and water, then in the dark make his way to the...

I think a combination of the WEB and ISV translations of Romans 2:28-29 is a bit better: "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the...