1) you have rejected all the scripture that I laid before you. Each and every one.
2) And YOU inserted the word "immortal".
So, He drove out the man; and He placed Cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life."3) You disagree with God. But you do agree with Satan and his lie: "Ye shall not surely die." That is clear.
2) And YOU inserted the word "immortal".
So, He drove out the man; and He placed Cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life."3) You disagree with God. But you do agree with Satan and his lie: "Ye shall not surely die." That is clear.
I've explained to you previously that spiritual death does not mean death of the human spirit itself, but means loss of Holy Spirit life within the human spirit.
Adam lost Holy Spirit life within his spirit the instant he sinned against God, but his spirit itself did not die.
All mankind is born in spiritual death (no Holy Spirit life within their living spirits), but they are not born with dead spirits.
The new birth is Holy Spirit life imparted within their already living spirits.
You are a Bible rejector, there is no doubt about it.
what does it mean when you refuse to answer the following questions on the Scriptures I've laid before you?
God's truth is shown in many ways, by events as well as by examination of Scriptural statements.
1) First, we see an (immortal living) spirit (pneuma; not breath, which is pnoe) returning to its body in Lk 8:55.
All spirits are immortal, divine, angelic, demonic and human.
Spirits don't die, that is a function of physical bodies only.
Spirit are not physical bodies.
2) Then there is what Jesus said:
Mt 22:31-32 - "In the account of the bush (Lk 20:37-38), have you not read what God said to you, 'I am (present tense) the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
Two hundred years after the death of the patriarchs, God declared he is (present tense) the God of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Ex 3:6). Since he is (present tense) the God only of the living, and not the God of the dead, what part of the patriarchs are still living?
Lk 16:22-26 - "The time came when the beggar man died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. . .he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to. . .cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
But Abraham replied. . .'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
Jesus presented the rich man in hell, with he and Abraham conversing with one another after their deaths.
If their bodies were dead, then what parts of them were conversing together?
Lk 8:51 - "If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."
Well, all those to whom Jesus spoke those words are now dead.
And God told Adam that the day he ate of the fruit he would die, but did he die when he ate of it?
He continued to live for centuries.
So what did not die (regarding believers), and what did die (regarding Adam)?
Jn 5:24 - "Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal llife. . .he has crossed over from death to life."
So what was dead? . . .it wasn't their bodies.
From what death did they cross over?
3) We find the same thing in the epistles:
1Jn 3:14 - "We know we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. . .no murderer has eternal life in him."
Again, what was dead? . . .it wasn't their bodies.
From what death did they pass?
Col 2:13 - "When you were dead in your sins. . .God made you alive with Christ."
Eph 2:1,3 - "You were dead in your transgressions and sins. . .by nature objects of wrath."
Again, what was dead? It wasn't their bodies.
Php 1:23 - "I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ which is better by far, but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body."
The NT plainly states that when believers die, they are with Christ, apart from their body.
So what part of them is with Christ, apart from their body?
Heb 12:18, 22-24 - "You have not come to a mountain that is burning with fire. . .You have come to Mount Zion. . .You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant. . ."
The NT reveals that the spirits of former righteous believers (e.g., Abel and Noah, vv.4, 7) are immortal
and are waiting for the resurrection.
Correct handling of the ten Scriptures above shows that the human spirit is immortal.
Many will teach false doctrine. The Bible warns of it. So Elin,, Like I said, The world will follow you and support you. You will feel good because so many are behind you and support you and uphold you. God will send strong delusion to those who have constantly rejected the Truth despite His many attempts.
I advise you to start your own Thread. Ought to be interesting.
I advise you to start your own Thread. Ought to be interesting.
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