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Saints: the best reply to this was #4: "The letter to Hebrews was written to a specific people with whom God covenanted in the Old Testament as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. So then, in context, the pronoun "we" in the passage above doesn't target Gentiles: it targets the...

Paul was simply describing his credentials during the time before the conversion on the road to Damascus. He went on to tell the Philippians that those former things he has counted as rubbish (dung), counting those things that were gain at one time, now as loss (Phil.3:7,8), claiming in the next...

I'm afraid you are assuming things. It is not the understanding of scripture that the gift of tongues has ended. It is rather the opinion of those who are reading this into scripture. There is no time frame or date mentioned as to when tongues would cease. As well, you are correct, as the bible...

Let me ask your definition of holy. what is holiness?

When many people give testimony of having the gift, how is it that you call your disbelief of them an "understanding"? What you actually have is an opinion. I would venture a guess that the 'majority' of those who share your opinion do not speak in tongues. How is it that in the face of evidence...

Salvation is by grace, through faith. You have added the requirement of commandments. The reason for this is most commonly due to a lack of understanding concerining the purpose and timing of the life of Jesus on earth. He made some comments, such as telling them the road is narrow to life...

To put things simply, the law is about getting things through what we do or don't do. Grace is about getting things freely, or as a free gift. In terms of justification for life, the covenant of law is about being justified by one's own human resources. The covenant of grace is about being...

Interesting discussion. If I may contribute a passage or two. John 5:24 (NKJ)..." Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me HAS everlasting life and SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT, but HAS PASSED from death to life". The key to having everlasting life is...

My friend. Ar first you tell me that I'm forgetting only God is immortal and then you agree with me when I say that man is not immortal (re:eternal conscious torment). Your post has totally ignored what I have been sharing about the two biblical versions of death. The first is where only the...

OK, I re-read it. Paul said we have it. He is using figurative language. The building we have is an eternal house in heaven if our earthly one is destroyed. But I would like to address this comment of yours from that post " The only reason we have a spirit and soul is because of the breath of...

You must have missed my comment on these passages, that they are a matter of the time frame. Jesus said in Math.10:28, that it is possible for the body to be killed but not the soul. In that same passage He continues to say that BOTH are destroyed in Gehenna, the lake of fire. This is when those...

Spirit means breath and wind? The more accurate way to understand what something is, is to see how the word is used by the authors who use it rather than by trying to limit it to a definition. Lazerus had a finger and a tongue because Jesus said he did. He obviously had a body that was not the...

This interpretaion from Gen. by the Watchtower is the result of an assumption that the passage is meant to be a comprehensive definition of mankind. The above translation proves otherwise in that it states that man became a living 'being'. The emphasis is not meant to be on the word 'became' but...

Sorry, on that last part, as I had you confused withthe author of the OP. As for God being the olny one who can generate complex biological systems, I addressed this in my mention of the fall of mankind. We are told that in the resurrection, the lion will lay down with the lamb. From this we can...

Thank you River Jordan for stating the obvious. This is precisely why I mention these things here. It is just a game with people. One cannot understand the thinking behind athiests without first understanding the story of transgression against God. The very first one was from Lucifer, who...

In my observations and discussions, I have concluded that people make a philisophical decision that there is no creator, and then use science to back it up. In thier mind, they observe the state of the world and mankind with all its tragedy, crime, war, hatred, violence, death, and deduct that...

Love does no harm to a neighbour. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law. This is the royal law. This is the new commandment. But whether our life and deeds are considered fruit or not depends not on the action but on the motive. The more important question here should be not so much how...

As post #25 was given, (thanks to Justaname), The point I see is that whenever we have such questions and debates about language and the interpretation of a word or sentence, we do have a safeguard provided. In the real important issues, I have consistantly seen that one can varify the meaning...

I am making no such mistake. You might well want to take another look at my statements. But to clarify, the point is not whether we are obeying under our own strength or not. That is irrelevant to the qualification for life. The law cannot give life. That is an absolute. Paul said if there was a...

I want to add to Axehead's commentary by pointing out a few details about rest. When God created everything, the bible tells us that He did it for His own good pleasure. This was HIS work. This is the work He did for Himself. Then He rested. So, my friends, what did He do after the seventh day...