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Adam was first indeed. But there were people in the earth apart from Eden.

Jesus said..where 2 or 3 are gathered IN My Name there I am in their midst. IN His name means in His place and authority. So this is referring to prophets who are living in the Spirit. So then it could say...Where 2 or 3 prophets are gathered....there I am. If we want God's presence in the...

It is a sin to marry one's sibling. That theory doesn't work. No...there were other people on earth...God created humans BOTH male and female. When God was looking for a suitable mate for Adam in the earth...He was not looking for plants or animals. God was looking for a suitable woman for...

Again I used to think this. But read Genesis 6 carefully. The angels who rebelled brought down their dominion over humanity...and in all phases of life. If you see sexuality in the rebellion against God...then demons must have infiltrated there too. There is no outward human thought or deed that...

The bible does not replace spiritual life...it promotes it. There were many prophets spoken of in the NT...as they were very common in those days. There was Agabus...but also the elders in Antioch who were "prophets and teachers." Paul traveled with prophets. Silas was a prophet. And it was...

I believe we need prophets more than ever. Never has there been so many errors (the isms) in the church that need correcting. There is such a lack of spiritual life....and a prophet calls people INTO THAT LIFE. It is no wonder that so many churches do not abide prophets and their difficult...

Knowing God Himself is much better than knowing things about Him.

I have come to see that the "sons" of God are indeed angels. A son in Hebrew is not always someone in the family. It can be a follower. For example...B'nai b'rith...Means... "sons of the covenant". B'nai chorin...means free men...sons of freedom. So then "sons of God" can mean followers...

Jesus was rejected out of the outer realm...not the inner realm. The leaders of israel had no understanding of inner things of the Spirit. To them it was fantasy. All they saw was that they should be obeyed in their outer estimations. But these outer estimations were at variance with God's...

It's God's vineyard remember. People act as if Israel is from men. It isn't. The land is always God's. But God is spiritual and is looking for true spiritual fruit. Jesus said that God is looking for worshipers in Spirit and truth. Jesus was cast out of NATURAL Israel by nonspiritual men...

That's why I said it is BOTH and inward AND outward thing. Both seen AND unseen. All things spiritual are on 2 levels. Nobody on earth can exist in ONLY the spiritual level...although most people only live on the physical level. People can still kill the outer man. So then we are to offer up...

I don't think many will agree with this...but the mark of Cain was not some kind of marking or or sign that could be attributed to a divine protection...but rather it was the presence of his outer man and the fierceness of his countenance. Nobody was going to mess with him. There is a deeper...

It comes down to function as opposed to office. Compared to God we are all as children. We have One Master and all of us are brethren. We can't behave as if God is not in our midst. God gets the glory and honour. In other religions where a human effort is required...a person can become a...

The vineyard is both something seen and something unseen. It does indeed involve Israel...but what is Israel? We are to be fruitful...bearing a holy fruit. If the root is holy, so are the branches. So it comes down to where we are living from...the Spirit or the flesh. Those who are of the...

The key word here is IN Christ Jesus...it is a little word that describes something that the churches have been missing for a long time. Being IN Christ here...means to be WHERE He is. We are born spiritually in Zion...from above..the New Jerusalem. But just as salmon fight to go upriver to...

You're not seeing that there is more than one thing going on. Life has dynamics...it is alive and moves. This is intolerable for people who are used to dogmas. I have known groups that were pushing themselves as authorities...but it was all from the carnal man. I tend to go the opposite way. I...

I don't stress authority. I'm not authoritative. But that doesn't mean that God doesn't intervene. I tend to minimize my role and look to God. When you have unity, yes, people agree on doctrine. But it isn't doctrine first....or at least it goes hand in hand with seeing the same way. Many...

What I mean is that we don't wait for a visitation from God to do it. Paul says...reject such a person after 2 warnings. So then I see this is being about the group. But I suppose you're right that if the overseer gets involved there is an authority being exercised. But this has to do with...

The group decides. It's a natural thing. Birds of a feather do flock together. This part is not about authority....it's about unity in the Spirit. we are to reject a divisive person. Divisive of what? Divisive of the love and cohesion that is in the group. So if a person is being used by the...

What we read in the bible is God choosing His own workers and minsters. Paul was selected...not by His wanting the job. God chose him...so that many had a very hard time receiving him. That's the way of God. He doesn't do things man's way. This is how Paul and Barnabas were chosen to travel as...