Genesis 1:1 What is your interpretation?

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Magenta

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Yesss. Thank you @Magenta for the coffee treat today!
I love it and I will try to bring you so Greek or Italian food today.
I could live off of green olive bread with extra green olives .:giggle:

Yeah, Greek or Italian food is yummy! .(y). Thank you! .:)
 

HeIsHere

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It’s okay. I have it bookmarked but I don’t want to show.
‘We all have to face God someday so I find peace in that.

But it is related to a former Christian member here and another member who’s been here a while.
‘These are also Alex Jones fans who deny the deaths of sandy hook children too because they’re either sick, twisted or unable to cope with the trauma.
None of that has to do with what @jaybo posted.
 

Eli1

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None of that has to do with what @jaybo posted.
This has to do with that we all perceive as humor.
I find what he said humorous and true.
‘You don’t.
‘Some others find humor in berating other people for leaving their faith because their child died.
‘I don’t.
 

oyster67

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Okay, exactly how does He do without without a source? Go ahead, give me an answer -- otherwise KEEP QUIET!
He is the Source.
the foolish disbelief and mythology of oyster67. (What kind of name is that anyway? A creepy old mollusk?)
:geek:
It's amazing that oyster67 even uses a computer,
o_O
he has lost the debate.
:cry:
And you think you're a Christian? You clearly are not!
:oops:
 

oyster67

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Can you clarify is @jaybo stating that God needs a source
He seems to be. Maybe he could chime in here. I wouldn't want to be stuffing words in his mouth (he bites.)

I say that God Himself, His very Essence, is the source.
 
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He seems to be. Maybe he could chime in here. I wouldn't want to be stuffing words in his mouth (he bites.)

I say that God Himself, His very Essence, is the source.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
We know that God has no beginning. Who or what existed before anything was created? It was the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God is the mind and power of God. God is everywhere and knows everything, even our thoughts and hearts. In our inferior physical minds we can only conclude that He is an essence with a mind and heart and permeates throughout our reality as well as outside in a spirit filled world or dimensions. For God there is no beginning. For us the beginning started when things started to get created out of nothing. That can only mean that all of creation and anything that exists consists from the essence of God. The mind and power of this essence is God the Father. Eph 4: 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. The Father is a thinking, emotional, logical, and willful spiritual essence that transcends space, time, and dimensions entirely. In the beginning started when out of this essence a thinking entity was formed through which everything else is created.Col 1:15-16 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers--all things were created by Him, and for Him.Christ was the Son of God before He became human. His position at the Father's right hand means that the Father, through His Spirit, communicates His will to His Son and empowers Him to perform it. 1 Cor 3: 23 And ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.This scripture explains that our relationship to Christ is similar to Christ's relationship to the Father. We belong to Christ because we receive His Spirit and become part of His spiritual body. Christ is filled with the Father's Spirit and is part of the spiritual body of the Father ( His right hand). Since Christ belongs to the Father, we also belong to the Father and are part of His body. Both the Spirit of the Father and Son reside in those that are saved. We are so unworthy, but Christ makes us worthy. Praise the Lord. Isaiah 43: 10 ... Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. This verse is spoken by Christ because the Father has no beginning but apparently, the God (Christ) in Isaiah 43: 10 had a time that existed before Him which means that He didn't always exist in the past. Actually, the beginning started when Christ was formed out of the Father's essence. Alpha and Omega means the first and the last.
John 14 : 10-12 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself; but the Father, that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me for the very works sake. Since Christ belongs to the Father, we also belong to the Father and are part of His body. Both the Spirit of the Father and Son reside in those that are saved. We are so unworthy, but Christ makes us worthy. Praise the Lord. Matt 26: 39 And He went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. John 6: 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will but the will of Him that sent me. From these verses we can see that the Father and the Son have different wills although the Son subjugates His will and obeys the Father's will. Christ is the God who is active in both the Old and New Testament and fulfills the Father's will.
Different wills= Different minds= Different entities.
 

soberxp

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I remember someone saying in a mathematical or scientific way that water is a wave, any matter is explained in the current scientific frontier,Something smaller than an atom is a wave,The vibrations of waves make up all kinds of matter, so if this theory is correct, the God did walk on water(wave) in the beginning.

创世记
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

So we need to be baptized by water, to be transformed into another form of being

We are flesh or matters because we have fallen from the heaven (another form of wave)
God said some things that is the wave of voice and God said let there be light then the wave of voice became light.
 

HeIsHere

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This has to do with that we all perceive as humor.
I find what he said humorous and true.
‘You don’t.
‘Some others find humor in berating other people for leaving their faith because their child died.
‘I don’t.
You find it funny because he is an ally, that is the nature of discussion boards.
 

Eli1

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You find it funny because he is an ally, that is the nature of discussion boards.
If you say so. Most people want to believe whatever they want without reason.
But this thread is about YEC and non YEC and I’ve always found this topic very funny since I’ve been here and in many other discussion boards.
 
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He does indeed!



Agree, the very meaning of "create" (from nothing) in scripture is something only God can do.
\When you two graduate from kindergarten, let me know. Childish insults have no place in any adult discussion.
 
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God said some things that is the wave of voice and God said let there be light then the wave of voice became light.
I don't know anywhere in Scripture where a "wave of voice" is mentioned. In fact, it has no meaning.
 
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Jaybo you may agree or disagree with oyster but to talk to him like that is wrong we are to agree or disagree but name calling is over the line. If you want to disagree with him you need to show proof from the bible and if he excepts it good if not knock the dust of your feet and move on.
 
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Jaybo you may agree or disagree with oyster but to talk to him like that is wrong we are to agree or disagree but name calling is over the line. If you want to disagree with him you need to show proof from the bible and if he excepts it good if not knock the dust of your feet and move on.
What is this referring to? Strings of idiotic emojis?