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First, God is not "this thing." When you walk the "straight and narrow," you might consider letting the 3-in-1 God into your life by reading the Bible to see what he is really like. Then, you can accept or reject him as you wish. Second, we all need to repent from the self-centeredness (sin)...

Very true! Therefore, we need to pray persistently for Jesus' victory to become more and more evident in our lives and in those of all true believers. He has overcome the evil forces in principle and is in the process of beating them in practice.

@Holy999, the thread is entitled "Spiritual WARFARE." It is described in Ephesians 6:10-20: Eph 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Eph 6:12 For we do...

@Planet1246, you have the wrong idea about God and the Christian life. First, God does not have any of the qualities you seem to have about him; he's not rigid, uptight, or one to correct us on everything. You appear to be transferring human characteristics to him. Second, Christians are not...

@Planet1246, I recommend that you read Genesis 6, the whole chapter. God gives humans 120 years to repent and turn to him in true faith, which shows his love for his creation, to avoid the flood, which shows his justice for their rebellion against him as their Creator. During those 120 years...

God will design our "complete" brains in believers' resurrection when Jesus returns. Is that what you want to know, @Holy999? Php 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Php 3:21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious...

What hole, @Holy999?

Briefly, @Frankj, when Jesus died on the cross, he abrogated external, national forms of the OT laws (Colossians 2:13-17), including the seventh day requirement. However, the inner principles of the laws still continue (rest and group worship on one day in seven). Two others are "You shall not...

Here is my argument: 1) In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). 2) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God (John 1:1). 3) Joh 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, Joh...

What balance, @Holy999? To the left and right of what? Please explain your meaning. Thanks.

I might be able to help you a little bit, @just_legalism, about interpreting the Old Testament. The relationship between the old and new covenants is that they have both discontinuity and continuity. The discontinuity involves the external form of the national laws of Israel being done away when...

How much of our anger is self-centered because we want to have our own way? How much is it unselfish for the sake of victims, because we are concerned about injustice and evil in the world? Sin is self-centeredness. God's just anger is righteous because it goes with his concern for humans. In...

If it's true, I would say that it exposes our insecurities and pride. We need to repent of all our sins instead of looking at others' sins. When I see someone exposing their sins, I say, "Hey, we're all weak."

Amen, Lamb!!

@fuddy, thank you for your post. Are you really sure that @brightfame52 thinks that "God indeed hates most people"? I think that according to the Bible, God has a universal love for his human creatures because he made us as well as a special love for believers whom he loved and chose before...

They don't have any relationship to your question, since Sonship is a reference to status. However, these verses refer to the different roles of functions within the Trinity. Let me explain. For all eternity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all have the same status of being equal as fully God...

We have two eyewitnesses of Jesus' ministry, death, and resurrection, Matthew and John. We also have two others who got their information from eyewitnesses, Mark and Luke. Case closed.

@JustTheFacts, just because someone leaves out or includes certain words doesn't make it a contradiction at all. The same basic event is being related, not denied, which would be a real contradiction.

@JustTheFacts, in what ways do Paul's words contradict the words of Jesus? Please list them, and we then can discuss them.

@Lucian Hodoboc, it means to imitate the God of the Bible. It takes study of him according to his definitions, teachings, and history in order to know him in your personal trust for Jesus' death and resurrection to enable you to put off the old, sinful nature qualities and put on the new nature...