Wow… As I understand what you are saying is that the spirit is one but the amount you receive is different did each person.
Is that right?
The wine from the bottle is ONE WINE concoction but the AMOUNT of the wine depends on the volume of the container it is poured into. Right?
The bigger the...
No. That passage is talking about the gifts of the Spirit. Everyone has the same Spirit. How that is realized in each individual is a matter of individuality and personal growth. It doesn't mean you only have 1/16 of the Spirit until you are more mature, and then you have 1/2 of the Spirit, and...
I have no dispute about being born of the "water and" spirit, my point is that man can not enter Heaven, only a spiritual body can enter Heaven. Man has a temporary physical body whose purpose is to give the opportunity of the soul to attain to a Heavenly existence, rather than continue its...
I reply.. Moses saw God!
6 he said, “Listen to my words:
“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak face to face...
Please. You are stretching things until they have broken. Just because we rest and can be refreshed in this life doesn't mean we expererience the resurrection.
These are Christian teachings, not the teachings of the Tanakh.
The covenant between God and us Jews doesn't disappear or get...
It's both.
Even God promises a time when He would give a foretaste of the eternal rest and the refreshing. (Isaiah 28:12)
That's what spiritual rebirth is. A foretaste or as Paul puts it: the "earnest of our inheritance". In other words the down payment on the full inheritance. (Ephesians...
The new Covenant is the sure mercies of David which is everlasting life from the dead. (Isaiah 55:3, Acts 13:34) And is the resurrection. (Isaiah 49:8, John 11:25) Whoever is in the resurrection has entered the new Covenant. It's just that since 33 AD people get directly(in their life time) into...
I hope you are right.
I also think angels and the spirits of the righteous dead souls (Saints)
influence us with their prayers and intercession as well.
Reply part 2:
God has desired faithful children the whole time, and has drawn near to ALL who want to know Him, and love Him, thats throughout all time, and culture, all divisons!
if anyone of us in any circumstance, culture, sexuality, time, truly wish to know and love God ,He will manifest...
Of course I do! God is One! and interacts with His children in three persons, these three unique and symbolic persons express God's lovee in infinitely different unique way(while God is infinetly partitionable and in the entirety of all things)
In Heaven God is Spirit, and His thrown is above...
I would propose that the Gospel of Thomas is likely to be the correct understanding of original Christianity since it has not been subject to corruption like the ones in the bible.
I do not have a problem with any of the so called contradictions.
In fact it seems to me that seen from a different...
I'm not sure what you think that proves.
You must not be aware of the gross contradictions between the gospel of thomas and the authentic Gospels, as well as how it contradicts the OT prophets. . God does not contradict Himself. Either thomas is right or all of the NT and OT is wrong. That's an...
Evidently, you don't read very well. With convection you say I don't know what I am talking about after I listed references. Here it is again. Yes, there are prior gospels. Here is an excellent reference, The Missing Gospels by Darrell. L. Block. According to history, church leaders destroyed as...
What a ridiculous reply. I listed references! Here is a book WHICH I LISTED. The Missing Gospels by Darrell. L. Block. Don't blame me if you can't read. Evidently, you don't know how to do research. Here is another reference. The Lost Gospel Q by Burton L. Mack. I fear you will not have any...
You say "according to history" - What history? Show us the historical documentation. Opinions are a dime a dozen; I can throw around endless names of authors who would say that person is absolutely wrong, so the only way to settle this is to look at the evidence directly for ourselves.
Prior to...
2Cor.1:20. For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. 21Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God 22Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts...
lol Thank you for your concern, but I'm not 6 years old.
Love how people feel there is a cookie cutter way for all to experience faith. Whatevah you say, Rise. ;)
I am curious what you believe is a part of the Holy Spirit "experience". Is it just a feeling, or is there a purpose behind it? What is it suppose to do in you in terms of changing the way you relate to God and the world?
The Holy Spirit is actually referred to as the downpayment of the...