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Hello @Enoch111, With respect to you: with water baptism it was necessary to physically enter the water: that required the action of the flesh, including the will of man, to undertake that action. The baptism which the Holy Spirit is responsibile for, requires no action of the will of the...

'Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is - .. one body, and .... one Spirit, even as ye are called in ...... one hope of your calling; ........ One Lord, ...... one faith, .... one baptism, .. One God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and...

Hello there, There is no Scriptural warrant for either apostolic succession, or the continuation of water baptism. There is only one baptism mentioned in the sevenfold unity of the Spirit of Ephesians chapter four, which we are exhorted to 'keep'; and that is the baptism which the flesh has no...

'O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth! Who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy...

Hello again, @farouk, Sorry to make yet another entry on Psalm 10: but it is linked to Psalm 9 by the use of the word, 'Selah' at the end of Psalm 9:20, and you can see why when you read Psalm 9, for it concerns, 'the man of the earth', 'the lawless one'. 'Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail...

What a picture this psalm paints, doesn't it, @farouk? To me it shows the nature of the Anti-Christ,' the man of sin'. 'Let no man deceive you by any means: .. for that day shall not come, .... except there come a falling away first, ...... and that man of sin be revealed, ........ the son...

Hello @Episkopos, The word 'Apostolic' relates to the teaching of the Apostles of Christ during the period covered by 'The Acts of the Apostles': and recorded in the epistles written during that period. However, as a member of the church which is the Body of Christ: though I recognise all...

Psalm 10 'Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: .. let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. .... For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, ...... and blesseth the covetous, whom...

'Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a...

'Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: .. for God cannot be tempted with evil, .... neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, .. when he is drawn away of his own lust, .... and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, .. it bringeth forth sin: .... and sin...

'There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.' (Hebrews 4:9-11) Hello @Hidden In...

Hello @Phoneman777, They were walking in obedience to God's known will for them, as part of the covenant made between them (as the chosen nation) and their God at Sinai. Paul could say of them, following Christ's all-sufficient sacrifice :- 'Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for...

Hello @ScottA, It depends on what you mean by 'spiritualizing': to me it means to give a spiritual meaning to something; or to understand in a spiritual sense. When used as a means of interpreting Scripture, it can be damaging to the sense intended by the Holy Spirit. In Christ Jesus Chris

* A Psalm of David. (Psalm 29) - His people's praise of God's Glory in Creation (in view of Psalm 10) * Genesis 1:3 - 'And God said ... ' 'Give (or ascribe) unto the LORD, O ye mighty, .. give unto the LORD glory and strength. .... Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His Name; ...

Hello there, The Church which is the Body of Christ, is the fulness of Him that filleth all in all (Ephesians 1:22,23). It is largely invisible to any other than God Himself, made up of individuals throughout the world, each drawing their sustenance from Him, through His Word, by His Spirit...

Hello again, @farouk, Isaiah 38:4-20 'Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, "Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, .. I have heard thy prayer, .... I have seen thy tears: ...... behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. ........ And I...

* One of Hezekiah's 'songs' mentioned in Isaiah 38:20 'God is our refuge and strength, .. a very present help in trouble. .... Therefore will not we fear, ...... though the earth be removed, ........ and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; .......... Though the waters...

Re: #239, #240 Two minds with but one thought, @farouk, Praise God!

:- Rebellious Man - Psalm 2 (1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, (3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords...

(Re: #217, #219, #220) Hi @farouk, * A Psalm of David, which is a prayer in the light of Psalm 2: 'Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?:- 'Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my...