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Yes agreed - I should have been more specific but I thought it was obvious. Sorry. I wasn't talking about the author of the scripture, because we can readily see he was not addressing it to non-christians. But this type of scripture is often touted from the pulpit of today (and directed toward...

It is a common fallacy that the church teaches, that all who don't go to heaven, go to hell. Of course their problem is this. To go to heaven you have to be born again. I've no problem with that. But their only alternative is hell because that is the way they have been told to interpret...

Most astounding for me is that there are two different accounts of the creation of man. One being the physical creation (the breath of life – man became a living being) and the other being the spiritual (made in God’s image) Jesus said that to inherit the kingdom of God man must be born...

A quick take. Paul was addressing a church that, "after starting with the spirit was now trying to attain their goal by human effort". In effect they had become self righteous by trying to live by a code rather than a walk of faith in the spirit. Paul was therefore exhorting them to live by...

Seems like too many of us could be deemed to be heretics and get kicked off the board if we said too much on this one. A pity.

Paraphrasing a little: And God said to Adam, "Why did you eat the fruit I told you not to eat?" And Adam said, "It was that woman that you gave me - she gave it to me to eat." So God said to Eve, "What have you done?" And Eve answered, "the serpent tricked me into eating it." So God said to the...

You know what I reckon. You guys will never sort this age old argument out as long as you both hold to the belief that your theology is based on sound doctrine - and therefore you can’t be wrong. One of the greatest hurdles for you, which ever side of it you stand, is this: the notion of a...

If you are in the vine (Jesus) you will bring forth good fruit. This is the fruit of the Spirit - by which those who are God's children are born again. Conversely one who is not born again cannot bring forth good fruit. Yes there is such a thing as a 'good man.' Actually there is probably a...

Can you please give your understanding of 'saved' as it means different things to different people.

The words 'saved' and 'salvation' mean different things to different people. Just so that I can understand what you are saying, what do they mean to you?

There will always (until Jesus returns) be a wrestle between the flesh and the Spirit. Scripture says that they are at war with each other. I can't pretend to be any different to you or any other 'saint' but at Paul says in Galatians, "walk in the spirit and we will not fulfill the lusts of...

What Jesus was saying plainly was that he was the son of God - making himself equal with God - and that was the reason they killed him. But nowdays it seems to some that being equal has been developed (almost as a mathematical equation is) into one being the same as the other. Some would say...

The bible also says, ". . . every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Does that mean everyone will believe that Jesus is God and therefore everyone will be 'saved?'

Thanks for that Mike. VERY interesting and just as I thought. It is the Spirit that gives everlasting life - which differentiates between animals and mankind.

Perhaps as a means of giving a clue to my position on hell I would like say this. And I believe it is right to introduce it this way, since someone else actually raised the very verse that is a key in this topic. Thankyou Liviu. You asked what my view is on John 3:16. This scripture is one which...