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Well 101 I'll be sure to check and find out what an advocate is. I'm sorry you didn't just say so for those reading along. Regarding no. 2: Are Jesus, Christ, the Messiah, and the Son of God and/or Man all the same person? Was He not born of a woman called Mary? Are you getting the second...

What about the math? Should it be 1+1+1 = 1 ??

The soul? I don't understand you. Sorry. It means the flesh. I've never heard of any other meaning. Romans 12:1

Yes but then he went. I don't understand about the Good Samaritan. Oh. Because Samaritans were not liked. And he was the one who helped the man in need. Jesus was making a point many today do NOT want to hear. John 14:15 Those who DO the will of the Father are saved. This takes us back to...

Well then, bb, what IS TRUE? What does SELF mean??

Death was understood differently in the O.T. The WAY of he ungodly shall perish, not the ungodly. ??

What is an atheist faithful to?

I think so. I'm not a faith alone person. I believe faith SAVES us, but then works come into play. We have to GET IN to the Kingdom, but then we have to follow the Kingdom rules to STAY IN.

Because "self" is our fleshly being. We must say good bye to that and become a spriritual being that believes in God and in His Kingdom and who wishes to follow Him. (this does not mean we'll be perfectly rid of our sin nature)

Oh. You're soooo serious! Of course I was just kidding. If one believes in actual pearly gates, then he also has a REALLY LOT of stairs to climb!

Of course you're right. Jesus completed HIS task. OUR task is to ACCEPT His finished work. He died for those who can accept Him. I don't believe in universalism.

You do take everything very spiritually. That's OK to understand it like that, but sometimes Paul meant it literaly. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord is literal. When we die we immediately go to be with God.

I can't agree bb. All churches believe Jesus will be back a second time. There are so many verses, I wouldn't know where to start. Do you not agree with these verses? How could you not? I'll post a few: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV / For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of...

Who could understand God? God's mind is not our mind. 1 Corinthians 2:11 As far as mechanisms go, it's a good way to describe it. I believe we each must come to our own understanding. You said God is spirit, and that these three things make up His spirit. How's this: God is Spirit. He...

Would you care to say what each mechanism is for?

Oz, I don't think anything you say fails the biblical test. I highlighted two statements above. I AM a little bit confused as to this: ADELPHOS means literally, "from the same womb". (I did download the Lexicon) Then HOW could they possibly be HALF brothers or sisters --- children of Joseph...

It seems to me that it's VERY important for the CC to believe in Mary's perpetual virginity. From your answer I can assume that you feel the reason is because it is THE TRUTH. Which is a valid reason, of course. Do you know of any ECF who spoke to this? I can't remember any. I sometimes feel...

Perfect. This is MY favorite scripture also, though there are many more. Those that believe there are THREE PERSONS with ONE GOD in them, are really saying there are three Gods. I like to say that there is ONE GOD with three persons in HIM. A "person" is an individual and separate "being"...

What gate? THE GATE!!! You know, the one where St. Peter is waiting! ;) Yes. Some who think they are getting into the narrow gate, will not get in. And some who think they are NOT getting into the narrow gate, will get in.

I read Hebrews 9:27-28 in 3 different bibles; one Italian and the YLT. I understand this to mean that a person physically dies once. He is judged immediately (and is really already judged before Death) and who is saved will be in the presence of God. Jesus appearing again refers to His second...