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(I presume you meant, "Well you gave your opinion why the present does not mean the present".) Yes, it is my opinion on what Paul meant by what he wrote. Similarly, your interpretation is your opinion on what Paul meant. You have assumed that "were dead in trespasses and sins" doesn't mean...

It's the same with your avatar photo - it doesn't look like you're 68 years old. ;)

So "God is God's power and God's glory"? That doesn't make much sense. Again, you're not supplying any Biblical evidence to back up what you're writing. What do you make of Ephesians 3:19 (WEB): (19) and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the...

Errm, isn't Ronald a man's name?

So God is spirit and he has a spirit? :IDK: You cannot be born by a seed, you can only be begotten by a seed. 1 John 3:9 (ASV): (9) Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God. In the Greek the same word is...

First, show me that your opinion is inspired.

I already explained that in post #266. There's no point repeating myself. (BTW, I think that should be verse 1, not 2.) In the original manuscripts it does not have "hath he quickened" in verse 1, it was added by the translators. More modern translations translate it as, for example: ISV...

Why have you added the word 'spiritually'? I do not find the expression "dead/alive spiritually" in the bible. Our eternal future will consist of either eternal life or eternal death. Romans 6:23 (WEB): (23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ...

That paasage does not teach that dead people in hell are actually alive but separated from God. It doesn't even say that God does not look at unsaved people/souls. In fact quite the reverse. To quote a more modern translation than the KJV, because it seems you might not have correctly...

Okay, I admit it. I was a little younger when that photo in my avatar was taken. :)

The Rich Man and Lazarus (part 3): The Rich Man in Torments Then we read that the Rich Man, in Hades, lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and he saw Abraham in the distance, and Lazarus in his bosom. So much were the Jewish leaders tormented by the change of conditions that they persecuted...

The Rich Man and Lazarus (part 2): The Lazarus class also later included those Gentiles of humble heart who accepted Jesus, thus becoming Jews inwardly and participants in the Abrahamic promises. (Colossians 3:11; Galatians 3:28,29; Romans 2:28,29; 10:12) As an illustration of how these fed on...

Here's an explanation that I got from the Internet 24 years ago. As I said, it's long so I'll have to split it into three posts: The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31 It is evident from the whole setting of this passage that it is a parable. Otherwise the logical lesson to be drawn from it...

Ephesians 2:4-7 (WEB): (4) But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, (5) even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), (6) and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly...

I don't have complaints, I have disagreements with what you have written! I said that you had written things (plural) that I did not agree with. Since you told me to go and search the Scriptures to see if what you had written was correct, I'm tempted to say, search my posts to find out what I...

Because you're the one that's writing things contradicting what I wrote and what I believe the Scriptures say. If you want to convince me (and others) that you are right then you need to show us the Biblical evidence. Just saying something without proof is useless and possibly deceiving. You...

2 Timothy 3:16 (TLV): (16) All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for restoration, and for training in righteousness, Just because it is written in the present tense, to indicate it is a done deal, doesn't mean that it is literally referring to the present time...

A lifeless body returns back to dust. Why would God bother to destroy something that is lifeless? How is that a punishment? Revelation 20:15 (WEB): (15) If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. How do you get from the above verse that the...

I find it confusing that you don't think that a person's thoughts perishing (dictionary meanings: to be destroyed, ruined, or wiped out; to pass from existence) doesn't mean loss of consciousness. Psalms 146:4 (WEB): (4) His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his...

It is a lake of fire and sulphur. Burning sulphur creates sulphur dioxide which is poisonus and will kill people. From Fire and Brimstone: SO2 as a Chemical Weapon in History: Sulfur dioxide (SO2), a colorless, nonflammable gas produced by the burning of materials that contain sulfur, poses a...