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Yeah. For example as an infant, He was vulnerable like all infants were vulnerable. He was not some super-infant with mutant powers. He required guardians (Mary and Joseph) just like all human babies. What set Him apart was his calling: to be the Messiah. Not just a deliverer from worldly...

My wife is a black belt in Hapkido. We get along really well.

:D Thank you sister! A partial answer is below. I will expand this if there are questions about the nuances of Christ the eternal Spirit and Jesus the son of man / Son of God. “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."...

Yes, so the presence of a father necessitates the existence of a son. So, when Paul said to the Corinthians "for though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." he's not talking about...

If you read it in Tony Soprano's voice it has more punch.

Unless a son is neither male nor female. :cool:

Right. I was commenting on the quote. The Roman church calls Mary the "mother of God". She and Joseph reared Him and watched over Him when He was a child, there is no doubt. But, since God is spirit, no part of her spirit was used to form Jesus. Jesus was her son in the flesh but He was the...

If I recall correctly, Lewis said he needed a break after writing the book because it was difficult to write essentially a playbook of how the enemy opposes believers.

Our calling is irrevocable. It is determined by the Lord. Had Mary not consented she would have become inconsequential and another would have taken her place. And Mary is not the mother of God. That’s Roman idolatry. She was the vessel through whom Jesus would come into the earth. Jesus was God...

This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness. Read them and enjoyed them. CS Lewi wrote The Screwtape Letters. Similar topic but from the demons’ POV.

He knows the end from the beginning. That’s part of His nature.

Just some seasoning for the discussion: When Paul wrote "But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ." Was this a tradition of man or of God? Also, is Christ decreased in importance by having God as His...

God has no past or future. He is and He exists outside of time because He is eternal. Creation has a beginning so it is not eternal: the earth, the heavens, and everything in them are not eternal. They had a start point in time "In the beginning...". God did not create Adam to sin. God...

Yeah, "eternal life" actually has a simple definition: John 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."

@LeeLoving It is good to explore these areas of doubt for more clarity. Dare I say most people never think to (or dare to) question long-held axioms preached from pulpits. Some have provided solid answers from the scriptures. Study on them so that the answer you seek may resonate with your...

Looks like a boss battle in a video game. :whistle:

I rarely give sermons. Since I know the household intimately, I give messages. Those usually seed the ground for others to share the insight they received from the Lord; men, women, and children. This coming meeting I have a heart to seed the discussion about the assurance of our callings...

Yes. This this is how we now live in Christ: "..those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God." "For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." Reckoning ourselves dead in Christ accomplishes this...

This was spoken when the law of sin and death was active for all. Because Christ fulfilled the law, the only way to please God is to be placed into Him. But to be placed into Christ you must die. ”For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” The law of sin and death has no...

I think we're really close to saying the same thing. Demons have not been arrested only curtailed in that they have no power over Christ. In Christ's power and with His permission, we (His body) can certainly bind them for their day of judgement. Notice how, in Genesis, God did not question...