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Born again or from above?

Gonna do this in commentary form, from the below link,and it's what I believe as well.You reading,believe as you will .

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John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

This is a very interesting statement, and in most King James Bibles the margin reads "again" as being "from above". In Strong's Greek dictionary, # 509, the word is "Anothen", "from above".You will never understand this statement that Jesus made unless you understand what it means to be "born from above." In a later verse, it is documented that you must be "born from above", or your soul will be lost for eternity.

The church world has their sayings and songs that "Ye must be born again", and yet these verses they sin miss the mark, because they do not understand what it means to be "born from above" [born again]. This is part of God's plan that everyone [every soul] be born of woman, from above. For documentation we find in the Book of Jude whereby the penalty of the fallen angels is given, in as much as they left their place of habitation. Angels are to inhabit heaven, or paradise at this time, in the flesh age.

Jude 6; "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."

Angels are not to be on the earth in the flesh age, except on special mission by God Himself. These angels that are in chains and bound for destruction, left the heavens without the permission of God, and as it is written in Genesis 6, were not born from above, but came from above. They were not born of woman, but observed woman and made play mates out of them.

Genesis 6:1, 2; "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, " [1] "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose." [2]

These angles cohabited with them, and the offspring of this weird relationship between these Nephilim, or fallen angels and women were the "geber" which is to say "giants". They were the misfits that roamed the earth. This was contrary to God's plan, and it was in this way that Satan and his tribe of fallen angels hoped to destroy the daughters of Adam, whereby there would not be a womb of humanity fitting to bring forth the promised Messiah, the Christ child. What was left would only be Satanic, angelic hybrids which would be a mixture of man and angel.

This is why the flood of Noah's day came to pass.

Genesis 6:4; "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God [the angels] came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare (children) [the word children is not in the text] to them, the same (became) [not in the text] mighty men which were of old, men of renown."

This inbreeding caused the entire population of Adamic man to be contaminated, and to be worthless for God's plan. These offspring of the wicked angels had the mind of their parents, "and wickedness was great upon the earth". The children of these angels were as wicked as their fathers, which were the fallen angels.

Genesis 6:8, 9; "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." [8] "THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH; Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." [9]

Notice the phrase, "perfect in his generations". "Perfect" is from the Hebrew word, "tamin", meaning "without blemish as to breed or pedigree". Friend, this perfection is talking about ones blood line. The blood line [pedigree] of Noah and his family. There was only one Adamic family left on the face of the earth that was perfect in it's generations, and had not mixed with the fallen angels. So God destroyed the earth, and all the wicked ones with the flood. They were destroyed, and their souls as recorded in Jude 6 are being held for destruction.

Back to John 3; in other words, this "death" was to go contrary to God's plan. The people did, but it is essential that one be "born from above". Your soul comes from above, from God, for we were with God in that first earth age, and upon death Ecclesiastes 12:7 tells us that our souls return immediately to God.

Within God's plan, because of what happened in the first earth age, all souls must be born innocent from above. God's plan requires that each soul come into this world age through it's mother's womb, and make its own mind up whether that soul will follow God or Satan. That is free will, the right to chose the final destination of your own soul. They must be born innocent of the what happened in the first earth age, and the result of that first overthrow by Satan's downfall, as recorded in Genesis 1:2, when "the earth became void".

Therefore Christ is giving the very basics of salvation to Nicodemus.

John 3:4 "Nicodemus saith unto Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

Nicodemus still just did not understand what Jesus was saying, because he could only see the flesh realm and the law. He was looking only at the flesh.

John 3:5 "Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

"Verily, verily" is "truly, truly". Jesus is telling him that there must be two births necessary; the birth of the water and of the spirit. Many people teach that this "born of the water", means to be baptized, and this is not what is being talked about. To be born from above is to be born of the womb of your mother. Every child is born in a bag of water, in fact the normal birth is announced by the breaking of the waters with in the birthing bag. So we see in this that one must be born of woman, in innocence, and then "be born of the spirit".

Born of the spirit means to accept the Spirit of Christ. That soul choosing by free will the Spirit of Christ into their spirit. That is what the marriage of Christ is all about; to become one in Christ.

This is why most people simply do not know what being "born from above means", when they disregard what happened in the book of Genesis, and in that first earth age. They overlook all of Satan's attempts to destroy the womb of woman, and God's plan to send us His Son that we might have redemption. God intervened in Satan attempt, as He always will do. This is why the book of Jude is so important.
 

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John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."

To understand this, lets go to I Corinthians 15:50; "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

No soul in its flesh and blood body can enter the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of Heaven is where ever God is, and for the soul to enter that kingdom, it must first die or be changed. The soul must be separated from the flesh first before that soul returns to the Father that created it. This is the basic principle of the plan of our heavenly Father.

Remember back in Ecclesiastes 12:7; God told us what happens to the soul and the flesh when the flesh body dies. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God Who gave it."

Our flesh bodies are the accumulation of all the elements from the earth that we consume by eating. Upon death of ones body, the process then returns the decaying flesh body back to those elements. The soul's spirit came from God, and it will return to God when this flesh body dies. All will return to the Father, for He is the judge of your soul; whether for destruction or eternal life.

Jesus is teaching Nicodemus here, and Jesus knew that Nicodemus should have understand, but didn't.

John 3:7 "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."

"Ye must be born again", as we have see, "ye must be born from above." If you are not born from above, that is to say, "born of woman", then you would be either a demonic spirit, or from a fallen angel. This is against God's law and the plan of God.

John 3:8 "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell from whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

Jesus is using an analogy here. He is saying you can hear the wind, but you can't see it. You can see the objects that are blown about in the wind, but the flow of the air itself you can not see.

When man's spirit separates from the flesh body, the soul's spirit goes where the soul goes. Man's spirit is the intellect of his soul which is that part of him that controls his soul and tells him what to do. The soul and the spirit are as one. The spirit is where your emotions come from and it gives you the ability to know right from wrong. It is from your spirit that your conscience gives you directions.

Jesus is saying that you cannot see where your spirit goes, for it is like the wind to our flesh senses, when it ascends to the Father. When you are with a loved one at the moment of death, you will not see the soul and spirit depart that physical body at the moment of death. But if you are familiar with that soul, your spirit will know when that soul has departed. Many times it has been reported that the ones that have died have spoken and talked to a loved one that has passed on, just prior to their giving up the spirit of life. God will send an angel to accompany the departing soul, into that transfer of the soul back to the Father that gave it.

Each soul must enter into an embryo once, and live in the human flesh as man [women] once, and during that life time each person has the free will to chose whom he will follow God, or Satan. At the close of this life; at God's appointed time, and for God's purposes, that flesh body is discarded, and the soul departs from the body, and returns to the Father that sent it. There is no transmigration of souls, as is taught in the eastern religions, but one soul, that enters one body, and lives in the body, until God appoints that soul to return home to heaven with Him.

What you do in this body is important, for your works do follow you, and at judgment day that is what you will be judged upon. That is why it becomes important to repent and believe on Jesus Christ, for in Him only is there salvation for your soul and your sins removed your soul's judgment at judgment day.

Paul addresses this in Hebrews 9:27, 28; "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" [27] "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin, unto salvation." [28]

When this happens you will not see the transfer of that soul when its spirit going back to our Heavenly Father. In the eons of time this is reality, and what we see with this flesh eyes can be a deception. Though you can not see it, it happens.

John 3:9 "Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, "How can these things be?"

When you do not understand the spiritual realm, then this is a normal question. Nicodemus had seen Jesus perform miracles enough to know that those miracles did not come from the physical realm so they must come from God. Nicodemus is opening his mind up to Jesus for understanding.

John 3:10 "Jesus answered and said unto him, "Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?"

Jesus then reverses the question back to Nicodemus; "Are you not a teacher to Israel, and you do not know these things?" This is the same reason that so many fall short in their teaching even today. There are many that claim to be teachers of God's Word, yet they peddle their wears of false teaching for many different reasons. If you have the understanding of God's Word, that is a gift from God, then that knowledge belongs to God. Jesus is telling Nicodemus, you claim to be a teacher, and you don't even know this?

Nicodemus didn't know the Word because he didn't study the word. Nicodemus studied the traditions that were accepted by the religious community of that day. In fact, he was one of the spiritual leaders of that community.

John 3:11 "Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness."

Truly, Truly Jesus is saying to him, I'm sharing these things that I know to be true, and it appears that you are questioning our witness to those words.

John 3:12 "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?"

Jesus is telling Nicodemus, now that I have told you where and how the soul has come into the flesh and departs to the Father; these things that are fleshly and you still can not understand. There is then no way that you can understand the revelation that Christ brought of the spiritual realm without the Spirit of God. It is impossible.

John 3:13 "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He That came down from heaven, even the Son of man Which is in heaven."

Here now is the second witness to those things given, as to how you must be born from above. There is no way that you can make baptism out of this verse. It sums up the whole matter of being born from above.

No man, no one goes to heaven, but that he first was born from above. That soul must first be born of women, where the soul entered the womb at conception, and when the flesh body dies, it is returned to the father. There is not a living being on this earth, that did not come down from the Father first, and at death shall return to the Father. That is just plain common sense.

This doesn't mean that they are all going to have eternal life, but heaven is where the Father is, and that is where the judgment takes place. But what is meant here is in reference to obtaining salvation for their soul, or eternal life. All souls return to the Father, and many of those that do return will be condemned to destruction. The judgment takes place at the time of the great white throne judgment. Until that time, those sinning souls will stay right there in paradise where there is a great gulf between God and the sinning soul This is stated in the parable of the rich man, in Luke 16. There has been no soul destroyed to this date, that has passed on after death.

So what this thirteenth verse is saying, is about being born again. It means that you must be born from above. You can't be as those fallen angels, and take short-cuts, but it must be done according to God's plan of salvation.
 

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"Ye must be born again", as we have see, "ye must be born from above." If you are not born from above, that is to say, "born of woman", then you would be either a demonic spirit, or from a fallen angel. This is against God's law and the plan of God.

You are on a fishing expedition here....and you aren't getting any bites. ;)

To be born from above means that you are given new spiritual faculties and nature by the Holy Spirit. When a child is born into the world...a new life is brought into it with the faculties to perceive that world.

So it is with they who are born of the Spirit. These SEE in a new realm...having been translated into the presence of God. They are birthed into a new realm...the realm of the Spirit in Zion which is above.

Our mother then is the Jerusalem (Zion) which is above. This is the spiritual birthplace of one called to be a saint of the Lord.

Gal. 4:26 “But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

That is...the mother of all they who have the calling in holiness to be saints of the Lord.
 

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No soul in its flesh and blood body can enter the kingdom of heaven.

The opposite is true. We have this treasure in earthen vessels.

To SEE the kingdom of God right now...you need a new kind of life with new faculties. Spiritual faculties. What you could have said that no soul can enter into the kingdom with carnal faculties stemming from a carnal life.
 

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The opposite is true. We have this treasure in earthen vessels.

To SEE the kingdom of God right now...you need a new kind of life with new faculties. Spiritual faculties. What you could have said that no soul can enter into the kingdom with carnal faculties stemming from a carnal life.

But that would suggest there is no future literal physical kingdom of Christ still to come. You're instead saying 'today'... already Christ's Kingdom is established on earth, and in the flesh. But Jesus said His Kingdom is not of this present world (John 18:36).

We have to be careful of spiritualizing Christ's future Kingdom as if it is of spirit inside flesh. That is a doctrine of the new world order Christians that believe Christ's Kingdom is now. It is not yet established on earth today, because our Lord Jesus MUST return to this earth and reign with His elect. And that is when He will take His father David's throne like Matthew 25 shows.
 

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OP ---> Born Again

Question ---> Born Again or from Above?

Born again "OR" from Above?
"BOTH", not "or".

God is from Above.

John 8
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Gods Spirit IS:
1) IS God
2) IS Power
3) IS Christ
4) IS Jesus
5) IS Truth
6) IS Light

Man's spirit IS;
1) IS mans truth
2) IS the true thoughts of and in mans heart

It is mans natural spirit that becomes born again.

Mans spirit becomes Born Again (aka Quickened)....;
BY the SEED of God
BY the POWER of God

Gods Truth IS:
IS Jesus
Gods Power IS;
IS Jesus
Gods Light IS;
IS Jesus
Gods Christ IS;
IS Jesus
Gods SEED IS;
IS Jesus

Born Again;
IS a mans spirit (TRUTH) being BORN AGAIN,
OF...Gods SEED,
BY...Gods POWER.
OF...Gods TRUTH.

A mans soul becomes RESTORED.
Pss 23
[3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

A mans body becomes CHANGED.
2 Cor 3:
[18] But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
1 Cor 15
[54] So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put onimmortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

IN summary; pertaining to a mans Preparation FOR Transformation...

A man IS Forgiven;
....Of having NOT Believed IN God, IN Christ.
A mans "spirit" is BORN AGAIN.
A mans "soul" is RESTORED.
A mans "body" is CHANGED to IMMORTAL


Glory to God,
Taken
 
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But that would suggest there is no future literal physical kingdom of Christ still to come. You're instead saying 'today'... already Christ's Kingdom is established on earth, and in the flesh. But Jesus said His Kingdom is not of this present world (John 18:36).

We have to be careful of spiritualizing Christ's future Kingdom as if it is of spirit inside flesh. That is a doctrine of the new world order Christians that believe Christ's Kingdom is now. It is not yet established on earth today, because our Lord Jesus MUST return to this earth and reign with His elect. And that is when He will take His father David's throne like Matthew 25 shows.

Present world? You are adding in your understanding to the words from God. You are adding in your own word as well. Have you so little respect for the word that you count your own added in "present" to be on the same level as what the Holy Spirit says? You are certainly not giving God a present.

There's nothing to say about a person who does such violence to the word.

You lack understanding that we are to seek the kingdom of God right now...and HIS righteousness. Are you saying that we can't seek God's righteousness right now? Is God's righteousness still something that He is learning so that it is still unavailable? Does God not have a "present" righteousness?

Rom. 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Col. 1:13 who has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Past tense...not future tense. Those who enter INTO Christ walk in His kingdom life in Zion which is above. This is a mystery to they who have only walked as men in this world. But His kingdom is not of this world.


You will need to deepen your study on something you have not grasped about God's ways.
 
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OP ---> Born Again

Question ---> Born Again or from Above?

Born again "OR" from Above?
"BOTH", not "or".

God is from Above.

John 8
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Gods Spirit IS:
1) IS God
2) IS Power
3) IS Christ
4) IS Jesus
5) IS Truth
6) IS Light

Man's spirit IS;
1) IS mans truth
2) IS the true thoughts of and in mans heart

It is mans natural spirit that becomes born again.

Mans spirit becomes Born Again (aka Quickened)....;
BY the SEED of God
BY the POWER of God

Gods Truth IS:
IS Jesus
Gods Power IS;
IS Jesus
Gods Light IS;
IS Jesus
Gods Christ IS;
IS Jesus
Gods SEED IS;
IS Jesus

Born Again;
IS a mans spirit (TRUTH) being BORN AGAIN,
OF...Gods SEED,
BY...Gods POWER.
OF...Gods TRUTH.

A mans soul becomes RESTORED.
Pss 23
[3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

A mans body becomes CHANGED.
2 Cor 3:
[18] But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
1 Cor 15
[54] So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put onimmortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

IN summary; pertaining to a mans Preparation FOR Transformation...

A man IS Forgiven;
....Of having NOT Believed IN God, IN Christ.
A mans "spirit" is BORN AGAIN.
A mans "soul" is RESTORED.
A mans "body" is CHANGED to IMMORTAL


Glory to God,
Taken

But it's not our flesh body that is changed, it's our spirit-soul inside that is made a new creature in Christ.

Even in John 3 our Lord Jesus taught the two different dimensions of existence of flesh vs. spirit.

John 3:6
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
KJV
 

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Present world? You are adding in your understanding to the words from God. You are adding in your own word as well. Have you so little respect for the word that you count your own added in "present" to be on the same level as what the Holy Spirit says? You are certainly not giving God a present.

There's nothing to say about a person who does such violence to the word.

That's all very funny, you're making those things up about me. Nice attempt to attack my credibility, but that's all you're trying to do, because you have been found guilty of pushing the Kingdom Now propaganda against The Word of God.


You lack understanding that we are to seek the kingdom of God right now...and HIS righteousness. Are you saying that we can't seek God's righteousness right now? Is God's righteousness still something that He is learning so that it is still unavailable? Does God not have a "present" righteousness?

I think you well know what I said. Your talk is as if Jesus said His kingdom was here now, when He said His Kingdom is not of this world...

John 18:36
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
KJV


Do you understand that? That means if His Kingdom were of THIS PRESENT WORLD, then His servants would have fought to prevent His being delivered up to die on the cross! Our Lord Jesus conquered the cross and death for us, but NOT this present world! This present world He will conquer at His 2ND COMING! And that... is when His Kingdom de facto will be established on this earth.

Thus there is not just a spiritual kingdom, but a literal PHYSICAL KINGDOM also, and that physical one is still yet to come!
 

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Thus there is not just a spiritual kingdom, but a literal PHYSICAL KINGDOM also, and that physical one is still yet to come!

So now you agree with there being a spiritual kingdom? It isn't just "spiritualizing" as you stated before?

But they who want to partake of the kingdom in the next age need to enter into Christ and walk in His kingdom life in this age. You can't just keep pushing everything into the future. In the Father's house are many abiding places...abide in Christ and bear a holy fruit that is eternal. THEN comes the judgment. They who have sown of the Spirit shall also reap of the Spirit. And that is for today as well as in the future.

A disciple of Christ is in the world but not OF the world. A disciple walks in the kingdom of God which is not OF the world...even while physically still living IN this world.

To be IN Christ is to be where He is. And for Him to be in us means He is here and we are as He is.
As He is so are we in this world.
 

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The opposite is true. We have this treasure in earthen vessels.

To SEE the kingdom of God right now...you need a new kind of life with new faculties. Spiritual faculties. What you could have said that no soul can enter into the kingdom with carnal faculties stemming from a carnal life.
2 Corinthians 4.7.

There's a group called Jars of Clay.
 

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But it's not our flesh body that is changed, it's our spirit-soul inside that is made a new creature in Christ.

Even in John 3 our Lord Jesus taught the two different dimensions of existence of flesh vs. spirit.

John 3:6
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
KJV

Yes it is the BODY that is Changed...
...it Puts On Immortality
...it Becomes Glorified.
Never again SUBJECT to death.

The SOUL is Restored to its sinless fashion it was when God Gave it to man Via His Breath.
Never subject to death.

The SPIRIT of man becomes Born of Gods SEED, with spiritual power.
Never subject to death.

Complete Transformation and FOREVER WITH God.

God Bless,
Taken
 

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So now you agree with there being a spiritual kingdom? It isn't just "spiritualizing" as you stated before?

I never said there was no spiritual kingdom. I said this...

"We have to be careful of spiritualizing Christ's future Kingdom as if it is of spirit inside flesh."

Christ's future Kingdom is not... going to be of spirit inside flesh. It will manifest in the resurrection body, a spiritual body according to Paul in 1 Cor.15. That means today, in this present world, Christ's future Kingdom is NOT YET manifest. We only have the Promise of that future Kingdom today. But in the spirit, meaning in our belief on His death and resurrection, like Ephesians 2 says, we have already been raised with Him. But to spiritualize His future literal physical Kingdom to come, that is wrong, and is what deceived brethren on the new world order plans are guilty of pushing.
 

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Yes it is the BODY that is Changed...
...it Puts On Immortality
...it Becomes Glorified.
Never again SUBJECT to death.

The SOUL is Restored to its sinless fashion it was when God Gave it to man Via His Breath.
Never subject to death.

The SPIRIT of man becomes Born of Gods SEED, with spiritual power.
Never subject to death.

Complete Transformation and FOREVER WITH God.

God Bless,
Taken

Can you prove that from what Paul taught in 1 Cor.15? I can prove from there opposite of what you're saying.

1 Cor 15:36-37
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

KJV

Paul used agriculture of seed germination to explain the two different bodies. The seed that is sown dies in order for the new body to come out of it. That seed that is sown (i.e., a flesh body) is not that body that shall be. That means the flesh body isn't going to be the "spiritual body" he taught in the next verses.

These verses reveal Paul was speaking two different types of bodies, with the heavenly one not being a corruptible body of flesh...

1 Cor 15:42-50
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.


45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.


46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.


47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.


49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.


50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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There is no mistaking that Paul is making a clear distinction between flesh and spirit there. Those in Christ do not inherit corruption (flesh body). That would be like the pagan belief in reincarnation!

And this is another way to know when our Lord Jesus comes. If you are still... alive in a flesh body, then He has not yet come.
 

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I never said there was no spiritual kingdom. I said this...

"We have to be careful of spiritualizing Christ's future Kingdom as if it is of spirit inside flesh."

The kingdom of God is NOW in the Spirit. We are to walk in the Spirit...now. You aren't getting that.

We walk in the realm of God's kingdom when we walk in the Spirit. It is being in two places at once. Seeing through the kingdom into this world. Or else seeing through this world into the kingdom.

I know that most people have not any notion of what it means to be walking in the Spirit.

Many people only see these things in as happening in the future. It is as if the new covenant was yet to come.

But Jesus warned that FEW would be able to enter. That doesn't mean that we can't enter in today. It takes faith...real faith to do so.
 

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Can you prove that from what Paul taught in 1 Cor.15? I can prove from there opposite of what you're saying.

1 Cor 15:36-37
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

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Paul used agriculture of seed germination to explain the two different bodies. The seed that is sown dies in order for the new body to come out of it. That seed that is sown (i.e., a flesh body) is not that body that shall be. That means the flesh body isn't going to be the "spiritual body" he taught in the next verses.

These verses reveal Paul was speaking two different types of bodies, with the heavenly one not being a corruptible body of flesh...

1 Cor 15:42-50
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.


45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.


46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.


47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.


49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.


50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

KJV

There is no mistaking that Paul is making a clear distinction between flesh and spirit there. Those in Christ do not inherit corruption (flesh body). That would be like the pagan belief in reincarnation!

And this is another way to know when our Lord Jesus comes. If you are still... alive in a flesh body, then He has not yet come.

I said nothing about STILL ALIVE in a FLESH Body. So, you pretending I said that is MOOT.

... I know what I said is correct.

The Body is changed, the Soul is restored and the spirit quickened.

Glory to God,
Taken
 

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You are on a fishing expedition here....and you aren't getting any bites. ;)

To be born from above means that you are given new spiritual faculties and nature by the Holy Spirit. When a child is born into the world...a new life is brought into it with the faculties to perceive that world.


Where were you before birth?And trust ,I'm not fishing,just planting seeds.